Marie McMahon given suspended sentence for €100k welfare theft

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Marie McMahon received a five-year sentence, suspended in full, for stealing social welfare payments at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 28 October 2016. The payments were taken from James’s Street Post Office between 2002 and 2014. McMahon had pleaded guilty to 13 charges and was ordered to complete 240 hours of community service while paying €15 weekly to the Department of Social Protection.

Judge Melanie Greally said McMahon’s loss of reputation had been considerable and accepted that she had not used the money for her own needs. Friends had gathered €6,000 towards repayment, the court heard.