Peter McVerry charity paid near €1.7m to law firm headed by brother of director, watchdog finds
Fees paid in 2022 and 2023 to Lavelle Solicitors, whose managing partner Michael Lavelle is a brother of McVerry director Richard Lavelle
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Inspectors raise more questions about lax board oversight at McVerry Trust
Report for AHBRA points to ‘serious’ governance failings in charity
Peter McVerry Trust board ‘not aware’ of property deal at centre of ‘conflict of interest’ inquiry
Charities Regulator criticises ‘inadequate management accounts’ which failed to report level of debtors, creditors or debt financing
Cost of rapid-build accommodation set to double to potentially €442,000 per unit, C&AG says
Value-for-money report also reveals Revenue assessment that retailer Dunnes Stores owed State more than €36 million was settled for €5 million
Housing charity wants full State funding despite €15m bailout, spending watchdog found
Interim chief executive at Peter McVerry Trust was paid €1,000 a day following resignation of previous CEO
Peter McVerry Trust faces a reckoning over financial fog in its operations
Thousands of families have reason to be grateful to charity, but its recent activities have left questions to answer
Tusla care provider linked to UK service with ‘unsafe practices’
Inspection by UK health regulator identified ‘unsafe’ practices in home care company
Crisis at Peter McVerry Trust deepens as councils look to exit housing projects with charity
Peter McVerry Trust struggles with financial crisis, while several local authorities are reviewing plans to develop housing with homelessness charity
Peter McVerry Trust has been bailing the Government out for a decade. It’s time the favour was repaid
Sniffiness about stepping up and rescuing an organisation that provides thousands of beds for homeless people every night seems a little misplaced
Have the past 100 years in housing really been a ‘crisis without end’?
Television review: TG4 documentary is an unabashed love letter to the State as a provider of housing
Council took enforcement action against McVerry trust over unauthorised development
Concerns raised about ‘huge’ spending on Kildare property used as homeless accommodation and offices
Former local authority official to take over as interim head of Peter McVerry Trust
Peter McVerry Trust will see former South Dublin County Council take over as interim chief executive
Storm clouds grow darker for Peter McVerry Trust as crisis deepens
Embattled homeless charity under further pressure as second regulator launches investigation
Fears Peter McVerry Trust crisis will have ‘contagion effect’
Charities Regulator launches full investigation of financial and governance issues at homeless charity
Charities Regulator appoints inspectors to investigate Peter McVerry Trust
Officials had not yet ‘gotten to the bottom’ of situation facing homelessness charity, O’Brien says
Concerns raised over ‘potential mismanagement’ of Peter McVerry Trust donations
Homelessness charity chief executive stated board had made his position ‘untenable’
Financial crisis hits homeless charity Peter McVerry Trust after years of growth
Fears that the Dublin charity could collapse follows more than a decade of rapid expansion responding to homelessness crisis
Peter McVerry Trust repaying €8.3m in taxes after availing of Covid-era scheme
Inspectors were appointed to charity over financial concerns this week, after trust disclosed cash flow problems
Regulator appoints inspectors to investigate Peter McVerry Trust
Housing body regulator orders statutory investigation of homeless charity over finance concerns
People Before Profit seek reinstatement of eviction ban ‘for duration of current housing emergency’
Ban would ‘stop an already bad situation getting worse,’ says Richard Boyd Barrett
Dublin’s vacant buildings: ‘It’s my property, I’ll do whatever I want with it’
Many buildings in the city that could provide housing and bring areas to life are instead going to waste
Dublin’s social problems: Young people ‘feel left out and are filled with anger and anguish’
‘Critical understanding of the root causes’ of crime in communities needed
Department of Housing informed of ‘cashflow pressures’ at Peter McVerry Trust
Housing charity told Dublin Region Homeless Executive about its financial difficulties in accordance with its obligations
The future of O’Connell Street: Will new developments make it better or worse?
The Clerys Quarter should help regenerate Dublin's main street. The building of MetroLink could have the opposite effect
Life after addiction: ‘I met the garda who arrested me. She was genuinely delighted for me’
‘Mountjoy and volunteering saved my life,’ says Louth man David Heeney, who has turned his life around
Peter McVerry Trust appoints Francis Doherty as chief executive
Incoming chief says focus will remain on building housing stock and argues provision of social housing cannot not be left to State alone
The strange saga of Fr Peter McVerry’s eviction ban claim
Homelessness campaigner withdrew suggestion on Wednesday that Darragh O’Brien was ‘overridden’ by Taoiseach
Taoiseach says apology from Fr Peter McVerry over eviction ban claim ‘unnecessary’
Homeless campaigner has apologised for saying Varadkar overruled Minister for Housing on extending moratorium
Peter McVerry’s eviction ban comment will linger on unproven yet politically alive
The intervention has set the Coalition firmly against the word of a priest who has been one of the most respected voices on housing and homelessness for a generation
Leo Varadkar: ‘Zero evidence’ to support claim he overrode extension of eviction ban
Homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry says there is a ‘tsunami of misery coming down the road’
Almost 60% of notices to quit in last quarter of 2022 given by landlords intending to sell
Fr Peter McVerry again insists Varadkar overruled O’Brien on extension of evictions ban
Claims that Taoiseach overruled Minister for Housing on extending eviction ban strongly denied
Homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry says it is his understanding Darragh O’Brien wanted to extend ban
Man paralysed when mechanical claw lifted his tent in Dublin feels ‘lucky to be alive’
Elias Adane (33) came to Ireland as an unaccompanied minor in the early 2000s
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