35 firms donate €17m to charity

THIRTY-FIVE Irish companies and their employees gave €17 million to charity last year — an average of €46,000 a day.

The companies have developed 3,235 community partnerships and donated over €17m in cash donations, in-kind donations and employee fundraising to charities and community groups.

This data, a fraction of what is contributed by Irish businesses each year, is being captured on an online project called the “Business Impact Map”, which gives a county-by-county breakdown of how much companies and employees gave to local community groups and charities in 2010.