Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Offences

Fraud (fraudulent social welfare claims)

Where

Co. Limerick

Reporting

1 report, 15 Sep 2025 to 15 Sep 2025

Outlets

limerickleader.ie

• Limerick construction worker given suspended sentence over €24,752 in fraudulent social welfare claims Fraud (fraudulent social welfare claims) · Co. Limerick

  Sean Browne, a male construction worker with an address in Meelick, County Clare, fraudulently claimed €24,752.18 in social welfare benefits between 1 October 2016 and 10 September 2019 by making five false declarations about his employment status while working at a site in Limerick. The Department of Social Protection uncovered the claims. Limerick District Court heard the case before Judge John King, who described the offence as a defrauding of the people of Ireland. In September 2025 Mr Browne was sentenced to five months in prison, suspended for two years, with the judge noting he would otherwise have faced custody because he had been making repayments. The latest reported position is that he still owes over €16,000.

  Sentenced, 15 Sep 2025Convicted · 1 report

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1. 15 Sep2025
   Sentencedlimerickleader.ie, in Limerick construction worker given suspended sentence over €24,752 in fraudulent social welfare claims

   Limerick construction worker avoids prison sentence over fraudulent social welfare claims

   convicted, Sean Browne, male, named, irish (judged from name)Sean Browne♂IE

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