The leader of the Labour party has called for a full public inquiry into St John’s Ambulance charity, saying it is “regrettable” that it has not taken place to date “as survivors need transparency”.
Ivana Bacik made the call while speaking in the Dáil and urged the Taoiseach Micheál Martin to “join us in supporting survivors' calls for a full public inquiry.”
Ms Bacik is the latest politician to call for an inquiry, which has also been made by past and present TDs and senators over the last two years. These follow the publication in 2023 of a report by Dr Geoffrey Shannon which found systemic failures in the charity.
Mick Finnegan from Dublin was first to break his silence and say that he was raped and abused by a former senior member of the charity, and Mick spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.
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