Former hockey international Catriona Carey to face trial over failure to file financial returns
Catriona Carey leaving Dublin District Court on Friday afternoon. Picture: Collins Courts
A judge has granted prosecutors an extra four weeks to complete a book of evidence for businesswoman Catriona Carey's trial for providing false information and financial returns.
The former Ireland international hockey player's case stems from a joint Garda-Corporate Enforcement Authority investigation.
On February 4, she was charged with 46 offences under the Companies Act, allegedly carried out between 2019 and 2022.
Ms Carey is accused of failing to provide information to the Companies Registration Office (CRO), to keep records or notify of a change of address, or to file financial returns to the CRO.
The accused, aged 46, from Kilkenny but with an address at Rochford Manor, Graigecullen, Co Carlow, appeared again on Friday at Dublin District Court.
The Director of Public Prosecutions decided Ms Carey, 46, would face trial on indictment in the circuit court. However, a book of evidence needs to be served on her before a judge can grant a return-for-trial order.
A State solicitor told Judge Treasa Kelly on Friday the DPP needed an adjournment to complete the book of evidence. Judge Kelly put the case back for four weeks and, noting the case first came before the court last month, she denied a defence application to mark the case peremptory against the State.
Ms Carey has yet to indicate a plea, has been granted legal aid, and was remanded on continuing bail.
During her previous hearing on these charges, Detective Garda Robert Collins, seconded to the Corporate Enforcement Authority, said the accused "made no reply" when charged.
Her bail was set at €500, and she must reside at her current address and notify of any change, remain contactable at all times, keep her phone charged, and give gardaí 21 days' notice if she intends to leave the jurisdiction.
Previously, she was sent forward for trial on money laundering charges, along with two co-defendants, who are accused of deception and acting unlawfully as solicitors while not qualified, from July 2019 to February 2022.
