Elaine Byrne: The debt we owe to Sister Consilio
A 79-year-old nun runs Ireland’s largest detox and rehab service - and the state coughs up only half what it costs
‘There’s Sister Consilio.” My dad was pointing to the elderly woman in deep conversation on her mobile. We were sitting on a bench outside her house in Cuan Mhuire. What’s she like, I asked.
“There’s something about her,” my dad replied. There was a drawn-out pause as he searched for his words. He did that rural Irish thing that men of his generation do and gently shook his head to spill them out. ...