The cars, which have not been declared criminal proceeds ahead of a substantive hearing at the High Court on the matter, were on Wednesday described as being of “very high worth” by barrister Daragh Breen, for CAB.

Nathan Kinsella told gardaí that he had a multi-millionaire friend who gifted him hundreds of thousands of euro while he was on the dole but saw nothing "dodgy" in it

Jennifer Dunne (38) walked free from the Special Criminal Court as all charges against her were dropped