Sentencing of former radio DJ adjourned for five months

Nikki Hayes, whose real name is Eimear Black O'Keeffe, of The Way, Hunter’s Run, Clonee, Dublin 15, pleaded guilty to possessing €10,000 as the proceeds of crime in a Permanent TSB bank account within the State on 5 November 2020.

The sentence hearing was originally due to be held on Wednesday, but was adjourned until today after the judge was informed that O’Keeffe suffered a fall on Wednesday and attended St James’s Hospital in Dublin.At a hearing last week, Garda Neill Gavin agreed with counsel for the defence that O’Keeffe was"genuinely vulnerable" and struggling with her mental health at the time.

He said Ms O Keeffe did not seek character references, but he has independently received an email from her former employer, Kevin Branigan, chief executive officer of Classic Hits.He said while it was clear she had some personal difficulties at the time, he said he has never heard a bad word about Ms O’Keeffe.

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