Ireland Case No. 3748Fraud (deception) · Co. Tipperary · 1 May 2008
Dentist Jerome Kiely jailed for defrauding HSE of €58,000 over 17 years
Jerome Kiely, 47, a dentist from Monard, Co Tipperary, was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 23 February 2026 to three years in prison (two suspended) and ordered to pay €100,000 after pleading guilty to defrauding the HSE of €58,000 over a 17-year period.
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- Sentenced23 Feb
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Key facts
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- whatJerome Kiely, 47, pleaded guilty to dishonestly inducing the HSE to provide a payment of €326 for dentures on 12 May 2015 (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe HSE was defrauded of €58,000 over a 17-year period (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe was originally charged with 32 counts of deception (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe pleaded guilty to six further sample counts on dates between November 2010 and September 2019 (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe was sent forward on 47 charges of deception between May 2008 and January 2025 (irishtimes.com)
- courtJudge Martin Nolan sentenced him at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe judge set a sentence of three years and suspended the final two years on conditions including paying €100,000 to the HSE within three months (irishtimes.com)
- otherHe has no previous convictions (irishtimes.com)
- otherTwo bank accounts containing about €830,000 and €667,000 have been frozen (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe judge accepted psychiatric evidence that Kiely had mental health problems and a lengthy history of depression (irishtimes.com)
- otherA letter from his wife, the mother of his three children, was handed into court asking the judge not to jail Kiely (irishtimes.com)
- otherHe volunteers with the local GAA club (irishtimes.com)
- otherHe qualified as a dentist in 2003 (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 23 Feb2026Dentist who defrauded HSE over 17 years is jailed and ordered to pay €100,000
Reports the sentencing of Jerome Kiely, a Tipperary dentist, who received a three-year sentence with two years suspended, conditional on paying €100,000 to the HSE, after pleading guilty to defrauding the HSE of €58,000 over 17 years.
convicted, Jerome Kiely, 47, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jerome Kiely