Man on €840 welfare a week

A jobless boxer and ‘engineer’ gets €840 social welfare a week and also has a medical card, Tallaght Court has heard.

Charlie McDonagh, a father of eight, had originally told Judge Bridget Reilly, he was in receipt of €470 social welfare per week.

McDonagh, aged 35, with an address at Stocking Hill, Rathfarnham, pleaded guilty to public drunkenness at Stocking Hill on January 23, 2015. He also pleaded guilty to not displaying a disc in Tallaght on June 24, 2014.