Woman who unlawfully drew €10,300 in children’s allowance also collected child benefit in UK

A 60-year-old Dublin woman unlawfully collected more than €10,000 in children’s allowance payments while living in the UK, a court was told today.

Joanne McDonagh (aged 60) from Killala Road, Cabra, was fined €700 after she pleaded guilty at Dublin District Court before Judge John Brennan.