HSE bid to sack ‘Grace' whistle blower

A senior HSE manager tried to sack the whistle-blower who revealed the Grace foster abuse scandal in a detailed legal letter which was proven to involve entirely “fabricated” claims.

Fine Gael TD John Deasy, who has been central to uncovering the controversy, highlighted the situation under Dáil privilege last night, claiming the HSE manager attempted to “ruin her career” because she was “exposing their failings”.

After months of delays, the Government on Tuesday published the Dignam report into the Grace foster abuse scandal, which relates to claims a mute woman with severe intellectual disabilities suffered the most extreme sexual and physical abuse at a State-funded home in Waterford between 1989 and 2009.