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(2015) News article / media
Facial recognition helps detect welfare benefits fraud
The Irish Times
Ref: SRC-001-IRL-001
Accessed: 3/27/2026
Summary
Reports on Ireland's Department of Social Protection deploying cogent facial image matching software that compares applicant photos against the entire DSP database during registration, detecting 62 suspected fraud cases including one individual who claimed 478,000 euros using 12 false identities.
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O'Brien, C. (2015) 'Facial recognition helps detect welfare benefits fraud', The Irish Times, 5 September. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/facial-recognition-helps-detect-welfare-benefits-fraud-1.2340900 (Accessed: 27 March 2026).
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