Residential Centre’s infirm residents open to abuse

A residential centre for people with disabilities failed to protect them from abuse, the State’s health services watchdog has found.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) published inspection reports on two Stewarts Care Limited centres in Palmerstown, Dublin.

Serious shortcomings were found in both centres in previous inspections, and Hiqa warned that it was considering cancelling the centres’ registrations.