Call centre worker in Cork jailed for claiming €8k in PUP

He also admitted six charges for claiming Job Seekers Allowance when he was also in employment

Luke Carroll was on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment while he was actually in full-time employment in a call centre. File photo

A Cork man who claimed €8,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Payments while he had a job has been jailed for four months.

30-year-old Luke Carroll of Ferney Grove, Mahon, Cork, pleaded guilty to 29 counts of theft at Cork District Court.