Sentencing adjourned for woman who admitted €112,000 welfare deception

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Deirdre Buttner, 67, pleaded guilty to three deception counts at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court over claims made between 2014 and 2021. The court heard the indictment contained 29 counts and that the case would be dealt with on a full-facts basis. The reported loss across two welfare payments was €112,000; €56,000 had been repaid, and a proposed plan would repay the remaining €56,000 at €50 a week over 20 years.

Judge Orla Crowe adjourned sentencing for a year and remanded Buttner on continuing bail. The source reports no sentence imposed at this hearing.