State gets over €1.6m from unclaimed estates in five years

Nearly 200 people's estates have gone to the State since 2015 because they did not leave a will and no relative could be found.

More than €1.6m ended up with the Department of Finance as a result.

Up to 134 of the estates amounted to less than €1,000.

However, five came to more than €100,000, the highest valued at €361,000.