Survivor of St John Ambulance abuse accuses politicians of ignoring 'lads from the flats' 

A 230-page report included accounts of predatory and abusive behaviour in St John Ambulance, dating as far back as the early 1970s.

A survivor of sexual abuse at the St John Ambulance has accused an Oireachtas committee of ignoring him and other victims because they are "lads from the flats".

Mick Finnegan has written to the Oireachtas Children's Committee asking that the trustees of St John Ambulance be brought in to answer questions on the pace of reform in light of a damning report by Geoffrey Shannon earlier this year.