Foster care whistle blower to meet HSE boss

The whistleblower who helped unearth the South-East foster abuse scandal will meet with HSE director general Tony O Brien in Dublin this afternoon in a bid to push for full information to be released on the case.

It is understood the health service worker will discuss the case with Mr O’Brien at an undisclosed location after the HSE boss was urged by Health Minister Leo Varadkar to hold the meeting.

It had initially been planned in the hours immediately after the issue was raised during an emergency Dáil public accounts committee debate, on the day before the election was called, but was delayed until today due to the length of the Oireachtas debate.