TD threatens legal action over Owenacurra after being told EU Ombudsman has no authority

Owenacurra's care home residents have been moved from the centre where they had been for decades to separate places with much worse facilities

Owenacurra has been engulfed in controversy because of the relocation of the mentally disabled residents and families to other settings. File picture: Howard Crowdy

A Sinn Féin TD is threatening legal action against the HSE over its handling of the Owenacurra care home controversy.

Cork East TD Pat Buckley has said that "going to court" is his becoming his only remaining avenue after the EU’s Ombudsman has said it has no remit to sanction the HSE over its handling of the removal of residents from its Owenacurra care centre against their wishes.