Peter McVerry Trust has 'financial issues'.

Once the charity’s governance issues were made public, there was a reduced impetus within the charity to actively fundraise because "it doesn’t look right to be going out looking for money [from the public] in the middle" of such a reputational crisis a well placed source told Prime Time.

Instead, the charity has turned to government, which relies on it for housing and supporting some of the most vulnerable citizens in the State. The charity recently received a €15m bailout from the government.

Typical. Organisation is a corrupt shambles so the taxpayer is forced to pick up the tab.

They didn't want to ask the public for money, so they forced the public to pay via taxes. You couldn't make this up.

If it's funded by taxes it's not a charity. I can't choose not to pay taxes.

This organisation needs to be disbanded at once and criminal investigations initiated.

They had completely different paths in life.

One took a vow of poverty and devoted most of their adult life to helping poor people, the other didn't.

This is not to excuse any wrongdoing by either Fr. McVerry or anybody else involved in the Peter McVerry Trust

Jesuit priests do.

He never looked for money for his personal use only to help others.

Likewise he never criticised Government policy in order to improve his own lot.

The rules of his order preclude him from having money.

Are you suggesting that there was vanity involved in naming the Trust ?

RIP Willie Bermingham he did some great work.

So what? You might as well point out one is a man and the other is a woman.

Both ran organisations funded by tons of taxpayers' money and failed to account for what happened to that money.

He feckin' should be though.

In your opinion.

I expect there will be more developments in this shortly.

A good rule of thumb is to never donate to a "charity".

All the charities I listed are active in Ireland providing much needed services to Irish people.

Thank you for recognising Fr. McVerry 's good intentions but characterising him as a useful idiot is wide of the mark.

He actually delivered for poor people for many years when the rest of society looked the other way.

Trawling through Go Fund Me pages will not give you a reliable picture of the charity sector.

Greta Thunberg never drew a salary from her activities and her foundation only existed to give money away.

It's illegal for board members of charities in Ireland to be paid.

Fr. McVerry will die penniless because he has had a vow of poverty since he became a Jesuit many years ago.