The Criminal Assets Bureau has put the home of a convicted cash-in-transit armed robber up for sale for an asking price of at least €345,000.
CAB took possession of the semi-detached double-fronted five-bedroom house in Hazelbury Park in Clonee four months ago.
It is to be sold at an online public auction in two weeks starting at the advised minimum value, but is expected to receive a higher price.
Wilsons Auctions described the house as "superbly located" with "plenty of car parking and a large rear sunny garden" and "perfectly situated overlooking a large green".
It is over 2,740 sq feet with an open plan living room, kitchen, dining room, sunroom and toilet downstairs.
Upstairs there is a master bedroom with an ensuite and walk-in wardrobe, four other bedrooms and a converted attic.
Stefan Saunders and his wife Tammy lived in the expensively furnished and extended house but the High Court ruled three years ago that it was purchased with the proceeds of crime.
The couple failed in two appeals to keep the property.
They first lost an appeal against the High Court decision at the Court of Appeal and then failed in their attempt to have the case heard by the Supreme Court.
Saunders was one of the country's most prolific and dangerous armed robbers.
The 46-year-old was part of a criminal gang suspected of being involved in several high-profile crimes, including the armed robbery of over €1.8m from a Brinks Allied security van in Artane in Dublin in January 2005.
He and his wife then went on "a spending spree" on expensive cars, houses and extensive renovations from April 2005 until 2007.
This included a six-week luxury holiday in Orlando with extended family, the purchase of two BMWs, the purchase of the house in Hazelbury Park in Clonee for €360,000 and a €125,000 refurbishment and extension to the house.
Saunders paid for the extension to the side, back and attic of the house in cash, including €30,000 to a carpenter which was handed over €5,000 at a time in bundles of €50 notes.
The five-bed semi-detached house was refurbished in 2007 to what a valuer said was the "highest standard" with expensive sanitary ware, furnishings, projector screens and a jacuzzi.
The couple also bought a rental property in Mayestone Lawn in Finglas and invested in several design and beauty businesses.
They denied their money came from the proceeds of crime.
Stefan Saunders claimed he worked as a plasterer while Tammy claimed she drew a salary from an interior decorating business they owned.
However, Mr Justice Alexander Owens rejected these claims in the High Court and found the couple had "access to amounts of money grossly out of kilter with possible sources of legitimate earnings".
Saunders was arrested for attempted ATM robbery in 2016 and two years later he was jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
The proceeds of the sale of the house on 28 May 2025 will be remitted to the State.
CAB will also auction off on the same day a house in Portlaoise, Co Laois, that it seized from a woman who claimed she worked as an escort in Australia.
The asking price for Mary Cash's semi-detached four-bedroom bungalow with a large back garden at 7 Harpur’s Lane is €90,000.
The High Court was told Cash was the wife of Andy Cash, a member of a notorious burglary gang which carried out robberies all over the country.
CAB told the court she is believed to be the driver for her husband and the organised crime gang.
Over €420,000 was lodged to her bank account over a ten-year period.
She claimed she was a lone parent with two children and was separated from her husband.
She said she moved to Australia in 2015 and worked as a cleaner, childminder and escort, while her husband did power-washing, tarmacking and gravel work.
They earned €150,000, she added.
She said she was able to deposit over €125,000 in the nine months between March and December 2015 to buy the Portlaoise house.
Mr Justice Noonan said that "very few people can suddenly accumulate the guts of €100,000 by cash lodgements, and go off and purchase a house".
The High Court found the house was bought by the proceeds of crime, a judgment upheld by the Court of Appeal.
