The arrests come following a three-year joint investigation carried out by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation

Michael Small (55) of Renville, Oranmore, Co Galway, was due to stand trial in January on multiple counts of theft, deception and accounting offences, alleged to have taken place over a two-year period while he was in practice as a solicitor in Limerick

Denis Maguire (65) of Ballybrack Road, Glencullen, Co. Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of deception, dishonestly inducing Our Lady's Hospice (OLH) to sell a property at a loss on or around March 5th, 2015.

Patrick O'Brien (39) along with two other men, defrauded the elderly victim of a total of €30,590 while pretending to replace her roof and chimney and install solar panels.

Simon Dominican Byrne (40) pleaded guilty to two counts of deception