Future of charity service in doubt

The future of a disability service catering for up to 1,000 people in the MidWest is in doubt because of a funding crisis.

The Daughters of Charity’s Limerick service has 250 long-term adult residents with intellectual disabilities and up to 300 adult day clients, and supports approximately 500 children. However, its management began this summer not knowing if it had enough money to stay trading through autumn.

The auditors of the Limerick service did not sign its accounts because the Daughters of Charity could not prove the €26.5m-a-year business was able to stay afloat for the next year.