A former Fianna Fáil councillor has been remanded in custody for sentencing after he was convicted of obtaining money by deception while working as a financial advisor.
38-year-old Gary O'Flynn with an address at Hayfield Drive, Castle Court, Whitechurch, Co Cork had denied a total of 21 sample charges of obtaining money by deception.
A jury of eight men and four women at Cork Circuit Criminal Court found him guilty of 13 counts of obtaining sums totalling €1,000 by deception.
The jury found him not guilty of a further five charges and he was acquitted by direction of a further three.
However, Judge Sean O Donnabhain refused bail and remanded Mr O'Flynn in custody for sentence on June 26.
He acceded to a defence application for free legal aid to allow for the preparation of a psychiatric report on Mr O'Flynn.
Gary O'Flynn was co-opted on to Cork City Council in autumn 2003 to replace his father, former Fianna Fail TD, Noel O'Flynn and he served until December 2008 when he resigned.