Former CEO of Peter McVerry Trust spent €350k on driveway and peacock enclosure, PAC told

The Public Accounts Committee heard on Thursday that the installations were made at Kerdiffstown House, near Naas, when the scandal-hit trust was being run by then-CEO Pat Doyle (pictured), who used the homeless accommodation as his head office during the covid pandemic. File photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The head of homeless charity the Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT) spent €350,000 on a driveway at a shelter in Co Kildare, along with the construction of a new lift shaft and a peacock enclosure, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The Public Accounts Committee heard on Thursday that the installations were made at Kerdiffstown House, near Naas, when the scandal-hit trust was being run by then-CEO Pat Doyle, who used the homeless accommodation as his head office during the covid pandemic.