Twelve years.
That was the period for which Bernard Morrin, former director of Intensive Community Programmes Limited, was disqualified by the High Court earlier this year — one of the lengthiest bans imposed on an Irish company director in recent times.
The case began, on the surface, like many others: a service provider entering liquidation with large debts. But beneath the numbers was a different story.
Intensive Community Programmes had been entrusted with delivering care services to vulnerable teenagers and young adults, under contracts with Tusla and the HSE. Yet when the company went into liquidation in 2019 with a deficit of over €620,000, the liquidator uncovered evidence that…