Peter McVerry Trust has 'financial issues'.

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2025/11/20/peter-mcverry-trust-spent-money-on-peacock-enclosure-at-period-property-it-had-purchased/

I know people here love to focus on Peter McVerry himself, but I mean how is Pat Doyle's name not foremost known for this debacle, he was CEO for 18 years and reading the article attached above!!

Building a lift on his office so that he wouldn't have to see staff! Peacock enclosures! Transferring funds to the company he was leaving McVerry Trust, to join, just to make sure that company would have money for his salary - €350,000 worth.

Fair play to his replacement Francis Doherty being willing to blow the whistle on this whole lot, despite being told by board he was not to contact anyone outside the Trust after raising immediate concerns. And now he's showing up to the Committee with all the receipts

Oh and unsurprisingly, Pat Doyle has declined all invitations by Dáil Committee to answer questions

Not all charities are bad, but my goodness some of them are very, very, questionable and have a lot of questions to answer. I can easily understand some people saying they're rotten to the core and there's far too many of them registered. Even the RCC are in on the act and now sending out reminders to parishioners so they qualify through the tax route. It's wrong and the whole charity gig needs a lot of looking at, all of it.

Not just the charity sector but boards of many orgs only get the info senior management decide to give them.

I like to give money to charity, particularly in the run-up to Christmas. What is the story with the AnPost care package for the elderly people?

Well worn pathway between the political field and the charity industry

Thanks a million!!!! I think that they seem legitimate. Equally, I have bought some presents for the Giving Tree, organised by VdP. One thing that Ireland does well is charity and kindness to the misfortunate members of our society. I do not want these people to lose out because of the heinous greed of a privileged few. There are lots of people barely making enough to pay their bills. Every person should receive a Christmas present. It might be naive of me, but it makes me feel happy to be in the position to share joy

Once you start taking government money you let them in the door and they start dictating terms.

Why any resident of a nursing home in Ireland is in need of a care package is beyond me. If you're minded to give why not drop down to your local asylum seeker centre with it instead? Be far better received.

Not particularly, when you consider just how damaged many of the clients are, and how much wrap-around support they need to function even minimally.

"Homeless" generally means a lot more than without a house.

why?