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''The charity regulator has very limited powers, they're utterly useless, the powers need to be widely expanded''

The situation with the charity inner city helping homeless continues to develop today. It comes as the interim CEO Christy Burke stepped down from the position. This follows weeks of turmoil  after the death by suicide of the charity’s CEO and Independent councillor Anthony Flynn. Cllr Flynn died by suicide on August 18. He was found dead in his home as gardaí investigated alleged sexual misconduct involving several individuals. David Hall was the chairman of the charity when Anthony Flynn killed himself - today he tweeted “The situation with Inner City Helping Homeless has highlighted the how utterly useless are charity regulatory system is. It’s an embarrassment! Change needed to weed out bad players and protect good charities!” David Hall, joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder... The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'. see more