Hollow ring to welfare fraud crackdown

THE claim by Social and Family Affairs Minister Mary Coughlan that welfare fraud is being exposed (Irish Examiner, May 5) rings hollow when one hears of the corruption in Fianna Fáil and the outpourings from the Mahon Tribunal.

Hollow ring to welfare fraud crackdown
Mon, 17 May, 2004 - 01:00

New anti-fraud measures have been drawn up with a view to saving the taxpayer millions in lost revenue.

Is this the same Mary Coughlan who wasted €6,000 of taxpayers’ money on St Patrick’s Day festival junkets? Meanwhile her cohorts in the Government wasted even more of our money.

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