A former HSE employee has been sent forward for sentence on charges relating to the theft and attempted theft of more than €170,000 from the HSE and its suppliers.
David Cooper (52) of Southern Road, Cork, was back before Cork District Court yesterday in relation to a total of 12 charges relating to his time as an employee at St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital in Cork. Yesterday at Cork District Court, his solicitor, Frank Buttimer, said that his client wished to enter a signed plea of guilty to the charges which are to be dealt with at Circuit Court level.
Judge Con O’Leary ordered that he would have no contact from any member of the HSE administration staff.