Issues persist at charity despite HSE-brokered deal

SERIOUS issues in the running of a Cork-based charity for survivors of institutional abuse still have not been addressed despite the warring parties signing a HSE-brokered agreement to do so.

Following a long-standing dispute between Noel Barry, head of Right of Place, and a new committee formed last November to oust him, an agreement was finally signed last month, with the HSE acting as a mediator and Mr Barry’s legal representative chairing the meeting.

The organisation has been under scrutiny since late last year after the HSE ordered that its founder Mr Barry answer questions in relation to how it was spending its money. One of the country’s largest survivor groups, it has received millions in Government funding since 2002 and continues to receive money.