Trócaire in red despite €1m mystery donation

A bequest of almost €1m from an anonymous donor was not enough to prevent aid agency Trócaire sliding into the red last year.

Trócaire is the overseas charity of the Catholic Church and the agency’s 2012-13 annual report confirms that the amount received in bequests in the year to the end of February almost doubled from €2.38m to €4.16m.

The chief factor behind the rise was the one-off bequest of almost €1m.