13 jobs at risk at marriage counselling centre amid same-sex services dispute

Staff at the Cork Marriage Counselling Centre are at risk of redundancy after the Cork and Ross Social Services said it could not sign a service-level agreement with Tusla, in part because it may be “inconsistent with the ethos of the Diocese of Cork & Ross”.

Staff at the Cork Marriage Counselling Centre are at risk of redundancy after the Cork and Ross Social Services (CRSS) said it could not sign a service-level agreement with Tusla, in part because it may be “inconsistent with the ethos of the Diocese of Cork & Ross”.

On Saturday the Irish Examiner revealed CRSS, of which the Marriage Counselling Centre is a service, had not signed the agreement with Tusla. It is understood this is because the agreement now specified offering services to same-sex couples.