A Donegal woman is to stand trial charged with using fake documents to apply for an Irish passport and having possession of Rolex watches and a stash of sterling cash.
Gardai believe that the items seized from Bridget McDonagh, including four luxury watches, are the proceeds of criminal conduct.
McDonagh, with an address at Coil an Airgid, Donegal Road, Ballybofey, was before Letterkenny District Court.
Garda Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that a book of evidence had been served on Ms McDonagh.
He said the Director of Public Prosecutions has now agreed to send the accused woman forward for trial to the next sitting of Letterkenny Circuit Court which commences on July 8th next.
Ms McDonagh’s solicitor, Mr Frank Murphy, said that due to the seriousness of the case he was requesting both senior and junior counsel and this was agreed to.
The 44-year-old was charged that on November 20, 2025 she was in possession of the proceeds of criminal conduct, to wit, £9,300 in sterling cash, and four Rolex watches, valued at a total of €132,950.
She was also charged in relation to an incident at the Irish Passport Office, Balbriggan, Dublin, on August 23, 2023.
She was charged that she did, in connection with an application for the issue of a passport, provide false information or documents which were false or misleading.
Ms McDonagh is currently out on bail with a number of bail conditions attached.
Mr Murphy told Judge Eiteain Cunningham that his client was looking to vary the bail conditions but that this application had been objected to by the Garda National Bureau of criminal Investigation.
After some legal argument the court was told the application could be made when the case came before the circuit court.
The case was adjourned to July 8th.
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