Bench warrant issued for Tullamore woman accused of falsely obtaining social welfare payments

A WOMAN accused of falsely obtaining social welfare payments failed to appear at last week's Tullamore District Court.

Titilope Alao, 104 Ballin Ri, Collins Lane, Tullamore, is accused of obtaining Covid-Unemployment Payments provided under the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.

Ms Alao is accused of furnishing information which was to her knowledge false, in response to the question Are you employed?

She is alleged to have answered ''no'' when she was allegedly employed by 'Care About You Limited' throughout 2020 and 2021.

Ms Alao failed to appear in court and Judge Andrew Cody issued a bench warrant.