Twenty jailed daily for non-payment of fines

Twenty people are being sent to prison every day for failing to pay fines.

Twenty jailed daily for non-payment of fines

Twenty people are being sent to prison every day for failing to pay fines.

Figures released by the Department of Justice show 7,500 people were jailed in 2012, at a cost of more than €2m.

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