Celebrity You’re A Star to break record for charities

RTÉ’s Charity You’re a Star looks set to exceed the €300,000 raised last year if the 680,000 viewers who are tuning in to see celebrities singing for their survival is anything to go by.

But the organisers say they will not know exactly how the charities have benefited from the competition until two months after the competition has ended.

Both VAT and the mobile telephone companies’ charges will have to be deducted before the amount of money raised is known.