Alleged abuse in Donegal care centre 'could have been prevented' 

Ard Griene Court in Stranorlar where there were allegations of longstanding abuse. File picture: NW Newspix

The alleged abuse of intellectually disabled adults at a HSE care centre in Co Donegal “could and should have been prevented” by a fit-for-purpose inspection system, a civil liberties organisation has said.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has said the alleged longstanding abuse at St Joseph’s Community Hospital and the Ard Greine court complex in Stranorlar would have been prevented by a “properly empowered independent” system of inspections.