Former All-Ireland winning Wexford hurler Paul Codd has been jailed for his refusal to cooperate with his bankruptcy.
Ms Justice Caroline Costello committed Codd to prison after he refused to answer questions about his assets put to him by the court appointed official in charge of his bankruptcy, Chris Lehane.
Judge Costello said the refusal amounted to a contempt of court.
Codd was arrested this morning in Co Wexford and brought before the High Court by members of the gardaí on foot of a warrant issued for his attachment in March 2014.
The court issued the warrant after the it was informed the former Wexford hurler had not complied with undertakings, given in January 2014, to meet with Mr Lehane.
The warrant was not executed until today as Codd was believed to be living outside of the jurisdiction.
Codd was warned by Judge Costello that consequences would flow if he did not answer the questions.
Codd, who wanted the matter adjourned so he could obtain representation, said he was not consenting to being sent to prison.
However, following repeated requests to answer questions put to him, Judge Costello said Codd was not willing to cooperate and committed him to Mountjoy Prison until 27 July, or until a time that he was willing to purge his contempt.
In December 2014 Codd was briefly jailed for his alleged non-compliance with the bankruptcy process.
Two days before Christmas Codd secured his release from Mountjoy Prison.
He was brought there on 21 December following his arrest by gardaí on foot of a warrant, issued in October 2013, for his alleged non-compliance.
He was released after providing a statement of affairs to the official assignee and promised to cooperate.
He subsequently claimed he was coerced into giving undertakings to the court to cooperate with his bankruptcy in a bid to avoid spending Christmas in prison.
The following January, Codd gave sworn undertakings to cooperate with Mr Lehane and also to return several items of machinery which had been leased to Codd's now dissolved company Paul Codd Ltd.
Despite giving an undertaking to cooperate, Codd failed to cooperate.
Mr Lehane said the meetings were set up so the former hurler could provide evidence to corroborate claims made in his statement of affairs.
Codd has claimed he was pressurised into making that statement of affairs.
By refusing to cooperate, Mr Lehane argued Codd had breached his undertakings and "was in contempt of court".
The court also heard Codd had also failed to comply with an undertaking to return machinery leased by Friends First Finance, or comply with orders to return €460,000 worth of farm machinery leased by Deutsche Leasing Ireland.
In March 2013 Codd, of Askinfarney, Clonroche, Co Wexford, was adjudicated bankrupt by the High Court arising from his failure to satisfy a judgment secured against him in 2011 for €530,000.
His bankruptcy arose out of a sale by David Deasey, a dairy farmer from Timoleague, Co Cork.
He sold Codd 46 acres of land at Askinfarney for about €800,000 and, while a deposit of €40,000 was paid, Codd had not completed the sale.
Mr Deasey obtained a judgment of €530,326 against Codd in 2011 and when that was not satisfied Mr Deasey petitioned the court to have Codd adjudicated bankrupt.
Codd's debts, combined with those of his company, are estimated to be €4.9 million.
