Charity for high-risk youths pulls out of rental deal with ex-FF councillor

A charity has pulled out of its long-running deal to rent a house for ‘high risk’ children from a former Fianna Fáil councillor.

Extern had rented the two-storey dwelling house owned by Gerry Murray outside Cavan town for the past four years.

It received state funding to provide courses in the house for children aged between 8 and 18 who were assessed as ‘high risk’ and required intensive support. But it declined to ...