Scandals force charity to cut a third of staf

Bóthar has made more than a third of its staff redundant after a sharp downturn in donations caused by the Rehab and Central Remedial Clinic controversies.

The Limerick-based charity is currently supporting 64 programmes in 20 poverty-stricken countries.

However, the charity yesterday confirmed that seven of its 19 staff have been made redundant after Christmas donations were down 15% “due to the controversies in the run-up to this critical period for all charities”.