The brothers appeared in court on multiple charges
12:03, 29 Jan 2026Updated 12:17, 29 Jan 2026
Jim Mansfield Junior(Image: Collins Courts)
Brothers Jim Mansfield Jr and Padraig Mansfield have appeared in court on multiple charges of money laundering totalling over half a million.
Jim Mansfield Jr (59) of Tassagart House, Garters Lane in Saggart, appeared before Blanchardstown District Court on 25 charges of money laundering – totalling €193,700.
His brother Padraig ‘PJ’ Mansfield (49) of Tassaggart, Saggart, Co Dublin also appeared on 25 charges of money laundering – totalling €362,990 and eight charges of company fraud related charges by allegedly carrying on the business of eight separate companies with intent to defraud creditors.
Jim Mansfield is accused of using his own Bank of Ireland account to launder various sums of money between €800 and €20,000 which is alleged was and of which he knew was the proceeds of crime. Meanwhile his brother Padraig is accused of using his own Bank of Ireland account to launder sums between €10,000 and €40,000 of which was and of which he knew was the proceeds of crime.
Detective Garda Paul Kane gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution of Padraig Mansfield. He said he arrested the accused at 8:32am at Main Street, Blanchardstown and he was subsequently charged on 33 sheets. The accused made no reply to each of the charges after caution, Det Gda Kane told the court. He said there was no objection from gardai to bail on condition that the accused enter his own bond of €10,000 and surrender his passport.
Padraig is accused on multiple dates between 2013 and 2014 of being knowingly party to the carrying on of the business of companies with intent to defraud creditors of the said company or creditors of any other person, for a fraudulent purpose.
Presiding Judge Aine Clancy granted bail and ordered the accused lodge his passport, pay the €10,000 bond and undertake not to travel. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had ordered trial on indictment, the court heard.
Gardai also did not object to bail for Jim Mansfield Jr – and the court ordered that he too pay a €10,000 bail. He is also to be sent forward to trial on indictment with consent to signed pleas.
Detective Garda Fiona Connaughton of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution of Jim Mansfield. She told the court that the accused said “OK” when he was arrested in Lucan this morning. He made no reply to each of the charges after caution.
Both men are due to appear before the court again on April 28. Both men are facing multiple charges under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010.
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Jim Mansfield is accused on multiple dates in 2014 of converting, transferring, handling, acquiring, possessing or using proceeds of criminal conduct – debited from a Bank of Ireland account while knowing that or being reckless as to whether or not said property was the proceeds of criminal conduct.
He’s further accused on charges of converting, transferring, handling, acquiring, possessing or using proceeds of criminal conduct debited from a Bank of Ireland account on dates in 2012 and 2013.
His brother Padraig meanwhile is accused on multiple dates in 2013 of converting, transferring, handling, acquiring, possessing, using the proceeds of criminal conduct debited from a Bank of Ireland account while knowing that or being reckless as to whether or not the said property was the proceeds of criminal conduct.
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