Social worker denies deceit over child cash

A social worker got monthly child support payments from a mother of five whose children were in care and did not pass these payments on to the foster carers, it was claimed at a trial yesterday.

The accused denies all charges against her.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin and a jury of six men and six women began hearing evidence yesterday in the case against Jennifer O’Driscoll, aged 45, of St John’s Terrace, World’s End, Kinsale, Co Cork.