Charity malpractice - Trust broken

DAVID HALL, the external examiner appointed to look into finances and governance at the charity Console, has said that malpractice highlighted by RTÉ will never happen again.

How can he be so sure, considering that the appalling behaviour by the family that ran the organisation went unchecked for years?

A draft report by the Health Service Executive showed founder Paul Kelly and two family members had benefited by almost €500,000 in salaries and cars over three years, and that the family spent thousands of euro of Console money on personal expenses.