CoAction children's services to remain at Bantry facility as trustees resign

Five trustees stand down as 'relationship between board and some of the members has been irreparably fractured'

A protest march took place in Bantry last weekend against the proposed changes. Picture: Karlis Dzjamko

A decision to retain children’s services at CoAction’s purpose-built facility in Bantry has been made by the HSE — on the same day that five of the organisation’s seven trustees resigned.

Plans to convert the €1.3m purpose-built facility for children with additional needs into a temporary adult residential unit had left families angry and concerned about the effect such a move would have on the children using the service.