Cork councillor Liam Quaide to quit Green Party over Owenacurra closure

Cllr Liam Quaide: 'The Government has rubber-stamped a service closure that is transparently wrong.' Picture: Dan Linehan

Prominent East Cork county councillor Liam Quaide is to leave the Green Party with immediate effect, citing frustration with the party’s ministers over the closure of the Owenacurra mental health facility.

Mr Quaide has played a key role, together with his party colleague and TD for Dublin North Central Neasa Hourigan, in the campaign to reverse the HSE's decision to close Owenacurra.