Man’s social welfare fraud exceeded €50k

A Longford man has admitted a string of social welfare frauds involving more than €50,000.

The charges stretch back almost 10 years, Longford Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Patrick Stokes, aged 37, of Lanna Aoibhinn, St Michael’s Rd, Longford, had been sent forward to the circuit court after signing guilty pleas to 246 fraud charges in the district court.