Father of four used false IDs to claim €478k welfare

A father-of-four who used false IDs to fraudulently claim over €470,000 in social welfare payments over 12 years is to be sentenced today.

David Church, of Parnell Street, Dublin 1, and formerly of Monadreen, Thurles, Co Tipperary, faced 199 charges of unlawfully claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance and Rent Allowance at various post offices around Dublin between September 2002 and July 2013.

The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to 13 sample counts representing all the offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.