Cork care centre got favourable inspection just months before HSE closure decision 

The Mental Health Commission reported that the Owenacurra Centre was “in a good state of repair” in February, but the HSE said in June it was “not fit for purpose”

The HSE has decided to close the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton because it is “not fit for purpose”.

A residential care centre received a favourable report from the Mental Health Commission just months before the HSE decided to shut it down.

The HSE has insisted the Owenacurra Centre is “not fit for purpose” and decided in June that it will close on October 31. But after an annual inspection in February at the centre in Midleton, East Cork, the MHCI praised it as “in a good state of repair”.