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A former Longford politician and hotelier in Edgeworthstown has been sent forward for trial on guilty pleas of money laundering €2.6 million.
Frank Kilbride (69), of Aughakilmore, Ballinalee, Co Longford, appeared at the sitting of Longford District Court on Tuesday where he was charged with three counts of laundering.
Judge Bernadette Owens remanded Mr Kilbride on continuing bail to appear before the next sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court on January 9, 2024.
Mr Kilbride is a well known personality in the world of country music, and a large number of well wishers gathered at an 'appreciation night' function in Longford at the end of July of this year to recognise his contribution to the music scene.
Mr Kilbride was successfully elected as a Fine Gael candidate to Longford County Council on three consecutive occasions, 1999, 2004 and 2009.
The two -time former Longford Mayor also contested the local elections of 2014 and 2019 in the Granard electoral area but was unsuccessful.
In 2007 he contested the Seanad Election on the Industrial and Commercial Panel but wasn't elected and in 2020 he ran as an Independent in the general election in the Longford / Westmeath constituency and was unsuccessful.
The first charge alleges that on various dates between September 27, 2017 and November 26, 2017 he engaged in converting, transferring, handling, acquiring, possessing or using property that was the proceeds of criminal conduct – approximately €10,000 – while knowing that, believing that or being reckless as to whether or not the property was the proceeds of criminal conduct.
The second charge is that on various dates between October 5, 2017 and March 27, 2018 he engaged in converting, transferring, handling, acquiring, possessing or using property that was the proceeds of criminal conduct – approximately €1,727,420.28
He is further charged that on various dates between November 30, 2017 and March 15, 2019 he engaged in converting, transferring, handling, acquiring, possessing or using property that is the proceeds of criminal conduct – approximately €867,143.80
The total amount from the three charges comes to €2,604,564.08.
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