# Blog shows continued hostility to chuggers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/29/blog-shows-continued-hostility-chuggers/
- Published: 2008-01-29T09:49:19+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

As the Irish legislature debates measures to tighten up the regulation of chuggers
in the new charity bill, a blog in the Irish Times illustrates their unpopularity
with the public.

‘SoundingOff’ in the Times shows that some people are very hostile to the presence
of street collectors in the major cities of Ireland. One blogger says he boycotts
charities that employ them, accusing them of using ‘bully tactics.’

Another blogger considered that they were too well paid while another offered suggestions
on how to use avoidance tactics such as pretending to be on the mobile phone.

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During the debate on the new charity legislation last week some members of the Irish
Dail voiced strong opinions on street collectors and called for more regulation 
of their activities.

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