Tallaght man to be sentenced for defrauding unemployed

A sports co-ordinator who defrauded over €6,000 from unemployed people that took his course and from South Dublin County Council has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

Michael Browne (aged 37) of Kiltipper Gate, Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Courts to a number of counts of deception, which were representative of a total of 22 charges, on dates between August 25, 2009 and January 2010 at Tallaght Leisure Centre and South Dublin County Council.