Vandals destroy former psychiatric hospital

VANDALS have destroyed a disused mental hospital complex despite a e1.5 million security bill footed by the taxpayer.

The chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) branded the situation at the disused Our Lady’s Complex on Cork’s northside a complete scandal.

Fine Gael TD Bernard Allen said the badly damaged buildings stand as a testament to the neglect and mismanagement of the Health Service Executive (HSE).