4,000 face jail on fines; DEBTORS.THE number of people being locked up for not paying fines this year is set to almost double to 4,000. Figures for first six months of this year show 1,879 people jailed after failing to pay fines imposed for minor criminal offences. In 2006, the number was 1,089, rising to 1,335 in 2007 and 2,520 last year. Fine Gael Fine Gael (fē`nə gāl), Irish political party. Formed in 1933, it was the successor of the party founded by William Cosgrave that held power from the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 until ousted by the republican Fianna TD Jim O'Keeffe Jim O'Keeffe (Irish: Séamus Ó Chaoimh; born March 31, 1941) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He is a TD for Cork South West and is currently the Fine Gael Spokesperson for Justice & Law Reform. said: "Jails should be for serious offenders. "Sending people to jail because they haven't have·n't Contraction of have not. haven't have not haven't have paid a fine is in stark contrast to the way banking sector shenanigans shenanigans Noun, pl Informal 1. mischief or nonsense 2. trickery or deception [origin unknown] have been handled." |
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