Abuse survivor wants swift end to turmoil at Right of Place group

FORMER Fianna Fáil mayor and institutional abuse survivor Michael O’Brien said it was imperative that ongoing difficulties with Cork-based survivor group Right of Place be “solved once and for all”.

Mr O’Brien was speaking after attending a meeting with the Kerry branch of the organisation at which members were expressing their discontent with how the organisation has and is being run.

Right of Place has been in turmoil since last year when it emerged it had received hundreds of thousands in donations from religious orders. Members claimed they knew nothing about the money, and also questioned how HSE funding in the region of about €200,000 a year was being spent.