Corkman gambled away €1m he claimed as pensions for his dead parents

Donal O’Callaghan has admitted to carrying out a €1 million social welfare scam over a period of 33 years

Donal O’Callaghan (pictured) knows he is facing a jail term but wants to address his gambling addiction before the sentence is imposed. File photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

A Cork man who claimed pensions for his dead mother and father for over 30 years gambled away all of the €1 million he collected, it emerged today.

Donal O’Callaghan knows he is facing a jail term but wants to address his gambling addiction before the sentence is imposed, his senior counsel Ray Boland said at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.