A nurse in Dublin, who fraudulently claimed almost €10,000 in children’s allowance payments while her son and daughter were living in India, has been spared a jail sentence.

A home care worker used another person’s PRSI number to fraudulently claim almost €60,000 in benefits, a court heard yesterday.

A drug smuggler who fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote has been given a suspended sentence.

A drug smuggler, who fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote, has been given a suspended sentence.

A man, who claimed he did not he know he was cheating when he fraudulently claimed over €26,000 in dole payments, has been fined €500.

A drugs smuggler who fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote has been given a chance to avoid a jail sentence.

A woman unlawfully claimed almost €17,000 in one-parent family social welfare payments after she got married, a court had heard.

A Dublin man, who unlawfully claimed more than €20,000 in disability benefits while he was working for a debt collection company, has been given a three-month suspended sentence.

A church minister has been fined €750 for fraudulently claiming almost €20,000 in benefits.

A former council worker has admitted he unlawfully claimed almost €30,000 in dole payments after he repeatedly failed to declare a €90,000 inheritance.

An unemployed chef, who received almost €30,000 in dole payments after he failed to mention he had more than €100,000 in the bank, is to be sentenced next year.

An out-of-work chef received almost €30,000 in dole payments after he failed to mention he had €100,000 in the bank, a court has heard today.

A cleaner has been spared jail for fraudulently claiming more than €22,000 in benefits while he had a job.