A decade of deception catches up with Catherine O'Brien - with Ann Murphy

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · Feb 3, 2026 · 20m

Last month in a Waterford courtroom, the past finally caught up with Catherine O’Brien.The Buttevant woman, who’s been the subject of Irish Examiner investigations for a number of years, including the podcast series Catherine the Fake, was sentenced to 25 months in prison for fraud. But this is not the end of this story – as Ann Murphy reports, a judgment against O’Brien ordering her to repay €300,000 to the estate of a woman, now dead, who had loaned her the money on the basis of their friendship is now back in the frame. Ann Murphy is the guest on the podcast today. Fraudster Catherine…