Hiqa: Measures not taken to protect residents with disabilities from physical and verbal abuse

Residents at a Wicklow centre for people with disabilities continue to suffer physical and verbal abuse because measures to protect them have not been taken.

Hiqa inspectors made an unannounced visit to Rosanna Gardens near Ashford, operated by Sunbeam House Services Company, last September.

Over the previous three months, there had been 96 incidents of aggression and self-harm recorded at the centre.