A UK based organisation that offers free debt advice to people in Ireland may be in contravention of Irish law by calling itself a charity when it has not yet been registered as a charity in Ireland.
StepChange Debt Charity Ireland, a subsidiary of a UK registered charity, started offering free debt advice to Irish consumers on November 16th 2015, after securing 6 million in funding from five retail banks. AIB, Bank of Ireland, KBC, Permanent TSB and Ulster Bank agreed to provide 2 million a year between them over the next three yea…
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