The health watchdog has said that the Áras Attracta care home is no longer under threat of closure, but it says that concerns remain.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) used €9,000 of savings belonging to intellectually disabled people in a scandal-hit care home to buy them tablet computers.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) used 9,000 euro of savings belonging to intellectually disabled people in a scandal-hit care home to buy them tablet computers.

Residents at Áras Attracta lived a “bleak” and “controlled” existence for the convenience of staff, an independent report has found.

The abuse suffered by Áras Attracta residents could be happening elsewhere in the country, the head of a review into the Mayo care centre has said.

IT IS almost two years since the Prime Time screening of ‘Inside Bungalow 3’, an RTÉ Investigations Unit programme that exposed horrifying abuse at a residential care unit run by the HSE.

Update 11.30am: Residents of Áras Attracta in Co. Mayo were living a half-life and weren’t respected as individuals, according to one of the members of the review group.

A clinical nurse manager has been jailed for his treatment of an Aras Attracta resident.

Five psychiatric nurses at Áras Attracta are due to find out today if the HSE is going to be stopped from carrying out an internal investigation into alleged abuse at the Mayo facility.

An Áras Attracta worker went from mopping floors and changing beds to caring for patients without any training.

A clinical nurse manager has accepted that sitting on a female resident of Aras Attracta with severe intellectual disabilities was "unacceptable".

Three nurses at the Áras Attracta home in Co Mayo have been taken off duty with pay by the HSE.

Four more workers at a controversial care home for people with disabilities are being investigated over alleged abuse, health chiefs have revealed.

The Áras Attracta facility for people with learning disabilities has been issued with a notice of proposal to cancel the registration of one of its centres.

The HSE has said it is working to rectify issues at Aras Attracta care home in Swinford, Co Mayo.

An unannounced Hiqa inspection of Áras Attracta, a Co Mayo facility for people with learning difficulties, has found major non-compliance with regard to the statutory rights of residents.

More than 20 staff at HSE homes for people with severe intellectual disabilities have been suspended or sacked since January 2014 over physical, financial and sexual abuse claims unrelated to the Áras Attracta scandal.

Six people appeared in court yesterday for allegedly assaulting patients who are intellectually disabled at the HSE-run Áras Attracta centre in Swinford, Co Mayo.

Six people have appeared in court in Co Mayo charged with assault at the Áras Attracta care home for people with disabilities.

Gardaí say it would be "inappropriate" to comment on reports that five staff at the Aras Attracta care home are to face criminal charges.

A new report published following an unannounced HIQA inspection in Aras Attracta has found further problems with the facility.

A new report from HIQA into Aras Attracta in Co Mayo has found ongoing problems with standards of care at the facility.

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The HSE will host a "national summit for disabilities" today, at which senior personnel will outline the measures that have been taken to address the evidence of alleged abuse at Aras Attracta in Swinford, Co Mayo.