Committee urged to delay probe into centre

The retired co-ordinator of Macroom Youthreach has appealed to the Public Accounts Committee to delay its probe of a damning audit into the centre he ran for four years.

Bev Cotton wrote to the committee and said it would be premature to examine the reports until a full independent inquiry could be conducted.

He said County Cork VEC’s internal audit and the allegations made in it had “seriously defamed” him.