€220k for scouts as board resigns

Scouting Ireland will receive €220,000 in State funding after it was granted a three-month reprieve by Childrens’ Minister Katherine Zappone.

In April, Ms Zappone suspended State funding to the organisation over grave concerns about its governance.

In May, she appointed Jillian van Turnhout as an independent expert to review the governance and related issues within the group.