# Santa bears fall victim to Irish salary controversy

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/15/santa-bears-fall-victim-irish-salary-controversy/
- Published: 2014-09-15T14:52:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**One of the most high profile fundraising events in Dublin at Christmas will not
take place this year due to the fallout from the salary top-up scandal.**

[The Santa Bear appeal](http://www.crc.ie/fund_san.shtml) run will be run next year,
according to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC). Newspaper reports had suggested 
that CRC’s largest fundraising event had been [cancelled permanently](http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/no-more-santa-bears-crc-drops-well-known-fundraiser-641773.html).

Last year there was controversy over top ups to the CRC chief executive’s salary
and a payoff of €740,000 when he left the organisation. It was alleged that some
of this money came from fundraising income.

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The new chief executive of CRC, Stephanie Manahan, told [the Irish Times](http://www.irishtimes.com)
that most fundraising activity had stopped this year, including the Santa Bear appeal,
due to the adverse publicity.

Information on the Santa Bear appeal and other fundraising events has been taken
down from the CRC website. Ms Manahan said that there would be a new fundraising
strategy in the future.

“We will then re-look at our whole fundraising strategy in line with the overall
strategy of the organisation. There will still be some little things happening, 
but the bulk of our fundraising in the past would have been things like comedy nights
and golf classics, but at the moment most of those have not gone ahead,” she said.