12,000 TV licence evaders prosecuted

THE latest crackdown on TV licence evaders resulted in almost 12,000 people being prosecuted for the offence last year, An Post confirmed yesterday.

The get tough TV advertising campaign launched jointly by RTÉ and An Post in the past three years has resulted in 4,210 more TV licence evaders being caught and prosecuted in the courts.

Among the new measures introduced to catch more licence evaders were incentive payments to An Post for good performance and penalties if targets are not met.