An internal audit found no evidence that more than €150,000 provided to the UK arm of suicide prevention charity Console was used to provide counselling services to Irish emigrants as claimed.
Between 2013 and 2016 Console UK, set up by Paul Kelly, received several large grants from the Department of Foreign Affairs under an Emigrant Support Programme.
A department audit of the British arm of the scandal-hit Irish charity, completed last April, was “unable to obtain evidence” that the funds were spent…
