Property purchase for mental health centre followed 'all appropriate processes', says HSE

The closure of the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton would leave the entirety of East Cork without a dedicated 24-hour community setting for mental health care.

The HSE says that “all appropriate processes” were followed in relation to the purchase of a property for the provision of mental health services from the family of one of its most senior officials in the Cork/Kerry region.

The property in question, a former B&B named Glenwood House in Carrigaline, was bought by the HSE in January 2021 for €750,000.