HSE dispute with Áras Attracta care centre nurses may be resolved

A dispute between the HSE and five psychiatric nurses at the Áras Attracta care facility in Mayo, over the conduct of internal investigations into complaints against them, may be resolved, the High Court has heard.

Talks have been under way between the sides since Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy ruled earlier this month that the five were entitled to injunctions restraining the HSE from continuing with investigations unless they comply with the HSE’s trust in care and disciplinary procedures. The decision affects 12 other Áras Attracta staff subject to the same investigations.

The five — Lyndsey Conway, Carmel Doherty, Mary Prendergast, Vidhya Maverly, and Marie Kilcoyne — are being investigated arising from complaints following undercover filming by a reporter with RTÉ Prime Time Investigates in 2014, of events at the facility, which caters for adults with intellectual disabilities.