The current system pays solicitors €239.38 per appearance per accused, and €59.86 for each subsequent court appearance.

In the face of the mounting losses, the CLRG wrote to members last year to advise that it was abandoning its own investigation into the alleged cheating in Irish dancing.

The alleged misappropriation of funds at Bóthar first came to public attention in 2021 through the charity taking High Court injunction proceedings against its former chief executive, David Moloney