Jail for Tipperary dentist who 'brought utter ruination on himself' by defrauding HSE

Jerome Kiely pleaded guilty last November to one sample count of dishonestly inducing the HSE to provide a payment of €326 for dentures

Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 - 10:08

Niamh O’Donoghue and Isabel Hayes

A Tipperary dentist who “brought utter ruination on himself” by defrauding the HSE of €58,000 over a 17-year period has been jailed for one year and ordered to pay €100,000.

Jerome Kiely, aged 47, of Acraboy House, Monard, Co Tipperary pleaded guilty last November at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one sample count of dishonestly inducing the HSE to provide a payment of €326 for dentures on May 12, 2015.