Board plans transfer of Console services

The likely liquidation of scandal-hit suicide bereavement organisation Console and transfer of its services were being discussed by the board late last night.

It met ahead of a possible wind-up application to the High Court and tomorrow’s scheduled appearance of the HSE at the Dáil public accounts committee over its historic handling and monitoring of Console’s use of taxpayers’ money.

Among the issues being discussed by the three Console directors with interim chief executive David Hall and legal advisers were its assets and liabilities. Mr Hall has been assessing Console’s financial standing since the revelations late last month of former boss Paul Kelly’s spending at the charity.