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Over €120,000 raised for local charities through court fines in 2022

Jun 22, 2023 12:53 By Shannonside News
Over €120,000 raised for local charities through court fines in 2022
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Nationally 2.3 million euro has been raised for charities and organisations through court fines last year.

Over €120,000 was paid to court poor boxes in the Shannonside region in 2022.

According to figures released to Shannonside FM News, Longford court house ordered over €106,000 in payments.

Nationally 2.3 million euro has been raised for charities and organisations through court fines last year.

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Payments into court poor box are usually directed by judges where the offence is minor in nature and would not attract a custodial sentence.

Longford Court House was the source of the 7th highest level of payments in the entire country, with €106,748 raised for local groups over the course of the year.

Longford Women's Link received the highest allocation locally from the court fines with €18,900 donated to the organisation.

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Elsewhere in the county Longford Community Resources CLG received €3,000 while €3,500 was donated to Longford Town Men's Shed.

A total of €12,600 was paid to the court poor box in Roscommon, with the Garda Benevolent Trust Fund being the largest beneficiary at €3,000

The Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation received just over €1000 while a donation of €1000 was also made to Roscommon Christmas lights committee.

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In Carrick on Shannon Court House, €2,400 was ring-fenced from fines towards a number of local initiatives.

Carrick Community CCTV Ltd received €1,200, Little Blue Heroes Foundation got €1,000 while Northwest Hospice Sligo were awarded €200.

Monies paid out of the Court poor box are at the discretion of the Judge, while organisations wishing to become a beneficiary may apply in writing to their local District Court office.

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