Two charities to lose €50k as Xtra-vision closes

Two children’s charities are at risk of losing more than €50,000 following the closure of Xtra-vision.

The Shane Filan-led charity single ‘When I Grow Up’, released before Christmas to benefit the Children’s Medical and Research Foundation in Crumlin and the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, reached number nine in the Irish charts.

However, funds raised from the sale of the single, which also featured more than 2,000 singers and a 16-piece orchestra, are in danger of being lost following the decision to place Xtra-vision — the distributors of the Matilda musical charity track — into provisional liquidation.