THE owner of a chain of pharmacies has been sent forward for trial accused of deception to obtain payments from the HSE’s Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS).
The scheme is responsible for making payments to healthcare professionals, like GPs, dentists and pharmacists, for free or reduced costs services they provide to the public.
John Corr (55), of Vergemount Hall, Clonskeagh, Dublin 6, was charged earlier with 30 counts of deception at a number of chemist shops in 2016.
The offences are under the Theft and Fraud Act.
The pharmacist appeared again at Dublin District Court today to have the prosecution’s book of evidence served on him. Evidence on a USB memory stick was also furnished to the defendant.
A woman has been fined €400 for driving without reasonable consideration for her role in a road collision where a pedestrian suffered life altering injuries.
Olga Maslakova (33) was driving in the bus lane when her car struck a young woman crossing the road. A witness described how her view had been blocked by the cars in the lanes to her right.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the incident occurred at a dual carriageway with a hedge down the median. There is a footbridge some way up the road but it had developed over time that pedestrians would cross the lanes on the road cutting through a gap in the hedge rather than use the footbridge.