Crime victim support group ‘forced to beg for funding’

A charity that has provided support to more than 10,000 victims of crime has had to send out begging letters because of a shortfall in financial support from the Department of Justice.

The charity, Support After Crime Services (SACS), which was formed 10 years, receives just €115,000 a year to help victims throughout most of the Munster region.

It points out that an appeal by just one person against a criminal conviction can cost the taxpayer nearly as much as it gets in financial aid.