The charity regulator’s lack of any real power has come to light following the resignation of four directors from a children’s charity over concerns about governance and financial irregularities.

The chief executive of a children’s charity from which four directors resigned last week citing governance concerns has rejected suggestions of financial impropriety or any attempt by him to block a governance review.

THE heartbroken parents of five-year-old Saoirse Heffernan, who recently travelled to the US to undergo treatment for Batten’s Disease, have been told their little girl is “starting to grow her angel wings”.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Kerry girl, who is battling the usually fatal Battens Disease, is being treated in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee after a number of difficult weeks in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin.

THE Medical and Scientific Council of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland is made up of healthcare professionals and scientists who look after children and adults with cystic fibrosis in the Republic.