HSE claims it lacks funds for teen’s specialist care

HSE West officials have again told a judge they do not have the funding to provide specialist residential treatment to a brain-damaged teenager who had been terrorising women in Galway City.

The HSE comments come despite four psychiatrists recommending that he receive the care.

The case made the headlines three weeks ago when Judge Gerard Griffin ordered the HSE West’s top officials to come to court to explain why they had no problem paying legal teams €800 an hour to represent them in court while claiming they had money problems.