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Wed 12 Dec 2002Hurlers to pay into poor boxFour Tipperary hurling stars from Mullinahone were each ordered by a judge yesterday to pay €350 to the court poor box to avoid a conviction arising from high jinks in a Border town.The four members of this year's victorious All-Ireland Club Championship team faced charges of alleged indecency, threatening and abusive behaviour, giving false names to gardaí, and intoxication under the Public Order Act.