Judge recalls 'The Hangover' as woman told 'drunken' Vegas wedding is valid but escapes welfare fraud rap

A Dublin mother-of-four, who claimed her drunken Las Vegas wedding was “a bit of fun” and she did not know it was valid in Ireland, has been cleared of unlawfully obtaining almost €30,000 in one parent family social welfare payments.

At Dublin District Court, Judge John Brennan had compared the case to the 2009 comedy film 'The Hangover', starring Bradley Cooper, about the antics of a group of men at a bachelor party in Las Vegas in the United States.