HSE looks at transfer of Console work and staff

The HSE is considering whether mental health organisations could take on the Console service and staff as the crisis-hit group prepares to hold an emergency meeting with its employees today.

The move is being examined amid fears the scandal affecting the charity may result in its vital suicide-prevention services being wound up.

However, any move is in its early stages with no firm solution in mind, an issue that has led to Console’s interim chief executive, David Hall, lashing out at alleged State delays in addressing the controversy.