Five arrested after investigation into suspected abuses of welfare fraud

The investigation arose from ongoing multi-agency cooperation between the departments which identified the suspected abuses

Gardaí searched 22 separate business premises.

Five people have been arrested in a multi-agency operation following an investigation into suspected cases of social welfare fraud.

Gardaí said that the operation arose "from ongoing multi-agency cooperation between the Departments (Workplace Relations Commission and the Department of Social Protection) which identified suspected abuses of Department of Social Welfare and Social Welfare fraud".