Ex-members of CRC refuse top-ups meeting

Former members of the board of the Central Remedial Clinic, who were forced out over the charity top-ups scandal, have refused to turn up for a high-profile meeting on the issue.

Paul Kiely, Jim Nugent, David Martin, and Brian Conlan said they are too ill, abroad in Britain and Italy, or believe they do not need to attend, while ex-chairman Hamilton Goulding has not responded.

As part of its ongoing investigation into how public donations and taxpayers’ money is spent by voluntary health groups and charities, the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee asked the former board members to attend a meeting on the issue tomorrow.