Dublin drug smuggler claimed almost €30,000 in Irish disability allowance while living in Lanzarote

A drugs smuggler who fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote has been given a chance to avoid a jail sentence.

Gary Mulvany (aged 37), who now resides at an apartment in Summerhill, in Dublin 1, has been convicted of benefit fraud in a prosecution brought by the Department of Social Protection.