An inspector with the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs has appeared in court in Drogheda charged with failing to declare income between 1995 and 1998.
43-year-old Matthew Birch, of Marsh Road, Dundalk, was charged with failing to declare income between 1995 and 1998.
The charges are a result of an investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau into the assets of known subversives in the border region.