Settlements made with Cork addiction centre staff

Cara Lodge was the only residential treatment facility dedicated to teenagers and young people in the country. File Picture, 

An addiction treatment charity that is closing its residential facility for teenagers made out-of-court financial settlements with two senior former employees in recent years.  

In one of the cases, the departed employee was suspended on full pay for over three years before receiving what is understood to have been a substantial settlement from the charity, the Matt Talbot Adolescent Service (MTAS).