
Irish Times
Tony O’Reilly was sent to prison for stealing €1.75m. Now he has written a cautionary tale about it to try to make amends
On December 18th, 2012, I was sentenced to four years in prison, with one suspended for a crime I committed. I stole €1.75 million from An Post, and I used this money to fuel a gambling addiction that I had developed over a 10-year period.