Woman left in ‘house of horrors’ on legal advice

A young woman with severe intellectual disabilities was allowed to languish in the Waterford foster home for several years because the HSE failed to warn her family about sex abuse allegations.

The woman, who is now aged 35 and referred to as ‘Anne’, was allowed remain in the “House of Horrors” foster home until 2013, despite concerns about abuse being flagged as early as 1995.

The HSE told the PAC it withheld the information from the family because of legal advice.