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A POLISH worker, who so im- pressed his Irish employers that they gave him a second job, will have to leave the counrty in disgrace having been caught handling a stolen hand- bag in the same hotel where he was employed.
Ennis District Court heard that Lu- kasz Tobera, with an address at St Brendan’s Road in Lisdoonvarna, se- cured a job with The Cliffs of Moher Hotel in Liscannor.
His solicitor said that Tobera’s em- ployers were so impressed with his hard work that they gave him a sec- ond evening job in a pub which they owned in the town.
But on his first night off – July 29 – the court heard, Tobera got drunk
and was found in the toilets of the hotel, rifling through a stolen hand- leet
He pleaded guilty before the court to handling stolen goods, one ladies handbag, €130 in cash and cheques to the value of €1,100.
His solicitor told the court that the accused “saw the handbag on the floor and took it in full view of the owners. There was no prospect of his every getting away with it. He came here to make a better life for his wife and children and now he has lost his job and will have to return to Poland.”
All the property was recovered, the court was told. After hearing that the Polish man had no previous convic- tions here or in Poland, Judge Joseph Mangan fined him a total of €500.