Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Sharda Sobhy

1 report across 1 case, 16 Dec 2021 to 16 Dec 2021

Victim: Sharda Sobhy, non-Irish woman (judged from name)Sharda Sobhy

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Social welfare (maternity benefit entitlement); immigration (work permit)
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 16 Dec 2021 to 16 Dec 2021
Outlets
thejournal.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Supreme Court in Dublin dismisses maternity benefit appeal Social welfare (maternity benefit entitlement); immigration (work permit) · Co. Dublin

    Sharda Sobhy, a chef from Mauritius, worked in Ireland without a valid work permit between 2012 and 2019 after studying and working lawfully from 2008 to 2012. She regularised her residency in 2019 and applied for maternity benefit, but her application was refused and the refusal was upheld on appeal. The High Court remitted the matter for further consideration, and on 16 December 2021 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed her appeal, ruling that PAYE and PRSI payments made during her period of unlawful work could not be considered for social welfare payments.

    In court, 16 Dec 2021Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Sharda Sobhy, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 16 Dec2021
    In courtthejournal.ie, in Supreme Court in Dublin dismisses maternity benefit appeal
    Contributions paid by undocumented worker cannot be counted in social welfare payments application
    victim, Sharda Sobhy, female, non-irish (judged from name)Sharda Sobhy

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