ADDITIONAL CHARGES have been brought against a former Fás executive accused of defrauding the State training agency of more than €600,000.
Last month at the Dublin District Court, James Brooke-Tyrell (53), Church Gate, Church Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow, was charged with 47 counts of deception by manufacturing a false tender resulting in cheques being issued into accounts controlled by him, from 2002 to 2008.
The charges, under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act, also stated this was allegedly "with intention of making a gain for yourself and causing a loss to another".
He had been remanded on bail to appear again at Dublin District Court yesterday, where Judge William Early heard further charges had been put to him.
Mr Brook-Tyrell was charged with 33 counts, under section 25 of the Theft and Fraud Offences Act, for forgery of quotations on headed paper of a number of companies, between 2003 and 2008.
Det Garda Alan Browne told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions had directed "trial on indictment" - which means the case is to be sent forward to the Circuit Court.
Judge Early noted that there was no objection to the existing bail being extended to cover the new charges. He remanded Mr Brooke-Tyrell to appear again in January.