A social worker was jailed yesterday for a €96,000 scam in which she put names on the HSE list of children at risk who should never have been on it.

A former HSE official was arrested and charged yesterday with 80 theft and fraud charges related to €92,000 in cash and she immediately signed a plea of guilty to all counts.

CORK city mothers and their newborn babies are being left without crucial support from public health nurses (PHN) because of the recruitment freeze and a refusal to cover sick leave.