Mental Health chair said some Owenacurra residents were 'happy' to move away

The Owenacurra Centre in Midleton, where some residents said they had been trated appallingly.

The chair of the Mental Health Commission has told a resident of the Owenacurra mental health facility that some residents had been “happy” to move from their long-term placements there.

John Hillery, chair of the MHC, told Owenacurra resident Michael O’Sullivan that the Commission does “not underestimate the adverse impact the closure has had on your and other residents together with their families”.