€58,577.17 was donated to what has traditionally been referred to as the poor box at Ennis Courthouse last year.
Last October, however, Judge Patrick Durcan branded that term as ‘repugnant’ and ‘Victorian’ and re-named it as the Court Discretionary Fund.
The money raised locally is the eighth highest of any court in the country, although it is far less than the €394,000 raised in Tralee.
€30,000 of the money here went to the Bedford Row Family Project, which supports the families of prisoners.
The Limerick-based group has an offshoot in Ennis.
€3,000 went to the St. Vincent de Paul in Ennis, with €2,000 more going to the group’s St. Senan’s Conference in Kilrush.
Among the other 32 groups which received funding are the Garda Benevolent Trust Fund, Ennis Rape Crisis Centre, the Clare 250 Cancer Centre and the now-wound-down Ennis CDP.
