Áras Attracta scandal due to ‘accepted culture of abuse’

The sister of a woman who suffered sustained verbal and physical threats at Áras Attracta says the scandal has nothing to do with cutbacks and everything to do with "an accepted culture" of abuse.

Sheila Ryan, whose 65-year-old sister, Mary Garvan, featured prominently in last night’s Prime Time on RTÉ, hit out at any excuses put forward by officials after being faced with what her sister has had to endure.