Miles High

There is an art . . . to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Pamela Hickey  of Ashford, Patrickswell, has been charged with operating and obtaining a service by deception in relation to chartering flights through Monarch Airlines, from Shannon to Gatwick. She falsely secured flights for Munster games/Munster rugby fans dating back to September 2004/2005. A Detective Garda Margaret Nagle and Garda Thomas Kilfeather charged her. One might remember Margaret Nagle from her brothel raiding a while back

She was also charged with creating false documents under Section 25 of the Criminal Justice Theft and Fraud Offenses. Her reply to the charges... 'Yes, it's true". A book of evidence is due before the court on Tuesday the 1st of June 2010.

Pam has been around!

Back in 2003 she was fined €1,000.00 plus €500.00 costs for organising a rugby trip to France without a licence. She pleaded guilty to illegal tour operating. At the time she ran a creche in Limerick and sold rugby packages under the name of 'Munster Sporting Club' from said creche. She also organised a Rugby trip to Rome which left over 300 fans stranded at Shannon Airport. The chartered company Brittania Airways cancelled the flight because it claimed payment had been received.
Her Solicitor at that time, Pat Barriscale said Pamela Hickey did not make any profit out of the Munster flights, but operated them to enable the best supporters in the Heineken Cup to travel to support their team.

As she left the court in 2003, Hickey was greeted by Munster fans who sat in the public gallery.