Internal documents obtained from inside one of Ireland's largest housing and homelessness charities, the Peter McVerry Trust, show significant breaches of trust between it and donor organisations, and cast new light on issues raised about its corporate governance.
Both charities signed a 25-page legal agreement which dictated that the McVerry Trust use the money to purchase properties for social housing. One of the signatories of the agreement was then McVerry Trust CEO Pat Doyle. The email sent by the CEO to the head of finance was"a betrayal of trust," said Jillian van Turnhout, a Chartered Director Certified in Corporate Governance.
He said the intent of his cooperation was to"set out a clear rationale for some of the decisions made within the Peter McVerry Trust and to give proper context to same, to clarify some inaccuracies and to correct some errors". In the internal McVerry Trust documents, which post-date Mr Doyle’s departure in May 2023, NDP is described as an"an entity supported by PMVT and where the outgoing CEO Pat Doyle was to take up a permanent role."
The €4.73m was the third significant donation by the Capuchin Day Centre to the Peter McVerry Trust in recent years. The two other donations were €5m each.
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