Cork city’s hostel for boys closes

An emergency hostel for homeless children in Cork City which was the subject of a recent damning report by the health watchdog has closed indefinitely.

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, said the closure of Pathways, on Ballyhooley Rd, was on foot of a “management decision” and that the young people affected had been “accommodated elsewhere as appropriate to their needs”.

Staff who had worked in the hostel — 14.5 whole-time equivalents — have been “temporarily redeployed”, Tusla said.