HSE accused of nepotism after controversial recruits re-hired

THE Health Service Executive has been accused of engaging in further acts of nepotism after some temporary workers recruited in controversial circumstances last summer have been recently been re-hired.

The Irish Examiner has learnt that HSE staff in the mid-west region have expressed concern at how people who were taken on as temporary community welfare officers (CWOs) last year outside normal recruitment procedures were given new positions as clerical officers last month.

It is understood at least three people, who are closely related to long-serving HSE staff, have got jobs through this process.