Civil servant convicted of fraudulently claiming overtime

A Kildare civil servant who fraudulently obtained €147,000 from the Department of Social and Family Affairs by claiming overtime he was not entitled to has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

Donal McBride, aged 57, from Cluain Dara, Easton Road in Leixlip had been working as a higher executive officer for 10 years and had been with the Department for 37 years when the fraud came to light.