Rehab fundraising drops by €600k

Funds raised for the disability charity, Rehab, have dropped by around €600,000 this year after a string of controversies surrounding how money was spent at the agency.

The new chairman, Sean Egan, who is standing in as chief executive until a replacement is found for Angela Kerins, said details of where money given by the public goes to will be “very explicit” in the future.

He was speaking after all but three of its 16 board members were replaced in a shake up of the charity’s commercial organisation announced at its annual general meeting on Monday.