Cork ETB adopts whistleblower policy after scandals

The Cork Education and Training Board (ETB) has introduced a whistleblower policy to help prevent a repeat of financial irregularities which rocked the education body it succeeded.

The ETB board approved the policy yesterday but stopped short of issuing a formal apology to Humphrey Deegan, a former member of the dissolved Cork County VEC who chaired its audit committee, and who went public in 2011 with his concerns about certain aspects of the operation.

Following several complaints to the Public Accounts Committee, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) launched a probe into the internal controls of Cork County VEC.