'Hidden tragedy': Vulnerable with mild disability ‘confined in institutions’

Vulnerable people with mild intellectual disabilities are being preyed on sexually and financially in the community or locked away in unsuitable psychiatric hospital wards and nursing homes.

Liam Quaide welcomed the appointment of Roderic O’Gorman as Minister for Disabilities.

Vulnerable people with mild intellectual disabilities are slipping between underfunded disability and mental health services, neither of which can fully support them.

Liam Quaide, a Green Party Councillor and a psychologist in Cork, has highlighted the issue, and is calling for the urgent provision of community residential facilities in Cork and nationwide to address this problem.