Housing

Former McVerry Trust chief appointed head of operations at approved housing body iCare

Francis Doherty stood down from the trust in October following a series of reports into “potential financial issues” at the charity

Francis Doherty stood down from the McVerry Trust in October.

The former chief executive of the Peter McVerry Trust has been appointed chief operations officer at iCare Housing, the approved housing body, the Business Post has learnt.

In a post on LinkedIn, Francis Doherty - who stood down from the embattled trust last October - announced he was “delighted” to be starting his new role at iCare.

iCare was founded by businessman and campaigner David Hall in 2017 to assist people in Ireland with mortgage ...