GAA swindler Jimmy Meagher lodges appeal over two-year prison sentence

Kilkenny minors hurling coach conned his friend out of €41,000 over non-existent sliotar business

Hurling coach Jimmy Meagher. Photo: Patrick Browne

Mark Tighe

The Kilkenny minors hurling coach who conned his friend out of €41,000 has appealed his prison sentence. James ‘Jimmy’ Meagher, was convicted on March 22 of one count of fraud by deceiving his friend into transferring money for a non-existent sliotar business.