Anthony O'Brien
Founder and Director of Therapy Services, MSc Addiction Psychology, equine-assisted psychotherapist, EMDR and trauma therapist
leadership
Not published,
An Irish private estate given over to one person at a time, six to eight clients a year, no groups and no other client on site.
RósGlas Recovery treats one client at a time, operator-wide and with no exceptions, and its founder has published the figure that follows from that: six to eight clients a year. The programme runs in a private residence in Ireland at an address the clinic does not publish, described by the founder as a seafront property set on six acres. Treatment combines daily one-to-one psychotherapy, EMDR and trauma work, integrative psychiatric review, biochemical restoration driven by blood, saliva and sometimes stool testing, equine-assisted and creative therapies, and five-star hospitality with a personal chef, butler and chauffeur. A master's-level therapist lives in for the whole stay. There is no group therapy at any point. Stays run 2 to 6 weeks, with six weeks described as the usual length. The clinic states plainly that it provides no detoxification and no rehabilitation services, and it appears on no Irish healthcare register, so its standing rests on the individual practitioners rather than on a facility licence.
The clinic publishes eight named specialists with roles and stated credentials on one team page, which is unusually specific for a clinic of this size.
Founder and Director of Therapy Services, MSc Addiction Psychology, equine-assisted psychotherapist, EMDR and trauma therapist
leadership
Integrative Psychiatrist and Specialist Psychotherapist
medicine
Internal Medicine Specialist and Pain Management Consultant, MBBS, MRCP
medicine
Biochemical and Advanced Nutrient Therapy Specialist, clinical nutritionist, registered mental health nurse, nutrigenomic specialist
nutrition
Addiction and Trauma Specialist, equine-assisted psychotherapist
therapy
Therapist, addictions, emotional freedom technique and trauma, MSc Addiction Counselling
therapy
Eating Distress Specialist, counsellor and nutritionist
therapy
Dramatherapist and accredited clinical supervisor
therapy
No professional registration number is published for any of the eight. No on-site medical director is named, which is consistent with the clinic's own statement that it provides no detoxification.
Two weeks
From EUR 150,000, published on the clinic's homepage
The short-stay entry point. Comprehensive psychological assessment and biochemical analysis, daily one-to-one therapy, a nutrient restoration plan, live-in therapist support around the clock, and the full hospitality package with chef, butler and driver. Suited to burnout, crisis stabilisation and executive resets rather than long-arc addiction recovery. No group work at any stage.
Five weeks
From EUR 350,000, published on the clinic's homepage
The core offering. Daily individual psychotherapy with EMDR and trauma work as indicated, integrative psychiatric review, sustained biochemical restoration, equine-assisted and creative therapies, fitness, nutrition and sleep work, family sessions and structured relapse prevention. No group work at any stage and no other client on site for the duration.
Six weeks, described in the FAQ as the usual length of stay in Ireland
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The longest published stay shape, adding depth on complex trauma, codependency and eating distress, a longer runway for the biochemical protocol to register measurable change, and a fuller continuing-care handover.
Bespoke
On request
A bespoke stay built around specific security, travel, family or professional requirements. The clinic publishes no content and no price for this tier beyond its name, so it cannot be compared on anything.
Within the residential stay
Included in the programme
Treatment opens with meetings with the clinic's psychiatrist, psychologist and live-in therapist, and an in-depth biochemical analysis using blood, saliva and sometimes stool tests to identify chemical imbalances and deficiencies. A clinical partner supplies a functional epigenetic and biochemical screen covering nutrient status, hormonal markers and gastrointestinal function, which then drives the nutrition and restoration plan. No written diagnostic formulation to the client is published.
No public price found.
There is almost no verifiable independent review base. No Google business profile with a public rating and no Trustpilot profile was found. A ProvenExpert profile has been active since 26 June 2019 and carries no reviews at all. One substantial set of reviews exists on a commercial directory the clinic is listed with. It is not treated as a review authority here, and it is worth noting why beyond the source rule: the clinic's own published ceiling of six to eight clients a year implies roughly sixty to eighty clients since it opened, so a set of that size would mean a participation rate near two thirds of every client ever treated, in a cohort whose defining requirement is anonymity. That is not evidence of fabrication, but it cannot be corroborated on any second platform. Press coverage is thin and promotional: one named-outlet feature, which could not be retrieved, and a podcast appearance on a commercial publisher. No mainstream newspaper or magazine feature, no award and no independent investigative coverage was found in either direction. No regulator, court or tribunal finding was found, and no confidentiality incident of any kind.
There is almost no verifiable independent review base. No Google business profile with a public rating and no Trustpilot profile was found. A ProvenExpert profile has been active since 26 June 2019 and carries no reviews at all. One substantial set of reviews exists on a commercial directory the clinic is listed with. It is not treated as a review authority here, and it is worth noting why beyond the source rule: the clinic's own published ceiling of six to eight clients a year implies roughly sixty to eighty clients since it opened, so a set of that size would mean a participation rate near two thirds of every client ever treated, in a cohort whose defining requirement is anonymity. That is not evidence of fabrication, but it cannot be corroborated on any second platform. Press coverage is thin and promotional: one named-outlet feature, which could not be retrieved, and a podcast appearance on a commercial publisher. No mainstream newspaper or magazine feature, no award and no independent investigative coverage was found in either direction. No regulator, court or tribunal finding was found, and no confidentiality incident of any kind.
One named-outlet promotional feature was located but returned HTTP 403 and could not be read, so neither its byline nor its date could be checked. A podcast appearance exists on a commercial publisher. No Irish national press coverage was found, and no first-hand bylined reporting from inside the residence.
None found, and none claimed on the clinic's own pages.
A private residence at an address the clinic deliberately withholds. The founder describes a seafront property set on six acres of grounds. Published amenities are a spa, gym, swimming pool, sauna, relaxation areas and private gardens, with the client holding exclusive use of the whole residence for the stay. Hospitality staffing includes a personal chef, butler, housekeeping and a chauffeur-driven car, with airport transfers and excursions arranged. The evidential caveat is substantial. There is no verified address, no inspection report, no regulator record and no independently photographed property. The homepage refers to residences in the plural, and no concurrent use is published. Where the psychiatrist meetings and the biochemical testing take place, in the residence or elsewhere, is not published, and no dedicated therapy or consultation room is described. Every amenity above rests on the clinic's own account.
A personal chef is part of the standard package alongside butler and housekeeping. The founder states that the chef works closely with the client and the clinic's nutritionist to create meals tailored to the client's dietary needs. Nutrition here is clinical rather than decorative. A named team member is described as a clinical nutritionist, registered mental health nurse and nutrigenomic specialist, and the programme's biochemical restoration pillar addresses nutrient, hormonal and neurochemical imbalance directly, driven by blood, saliva and sometimes stool testing at the start of treatment. A clinical partner supplies a functional epigenetic and biochemical screen that feeds the same plan. What is missing relative to the top of the market: no degree-level or regulated dietetics qualification is stated for the nutrition professional, no assessment by that professional is described, no monitoring during the stay is published, no chef is named, and no food-safety inspection record exists because the property sits on no public register.
single occupancy per residence
What is established, on the clinic's own consistent account: one client at a time across the whole operator, with no exceptions, and no group therapy at any stage. The founder has published the figure that follows from the model, six to eight clients a year, which is a statement against interest and is the strongest evidence behind the claim. Every clinic page carries the same statement. Self-pay only with no insurance claims trail, a private driver and airport transfers, and an address the clinic does not publish complete the picture. What is not established: any of it by an outside party. No register records the site, so occupancy cannot be inspected and can only be inferred from the clinic's own self-limiting statements. Arrival and departure separation is not published as a procedure, and follows from the one-client model only by inference. The FAQ refers to thorough practices that protect client anonymity without naming a single practice. The homepage refers to residences in the plural with no concurrent use published. There is a further consequence of operating outside a licensing scheme: there is no external body to which a confidentiality failure would be reported, and no inspection record that would surface one. A clean record here is in part an absence of oversight rather than a demonstrated standard.
Headline basis: Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01
Public-evidence total: 43
The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements. For the licence element of C2 only, it can also use an authority ruling held in our sealed evidence room. It is the only number used for the rank.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium. ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: C10.
The treatment page states that the clinic treats only one client at a time and never groups, and the founder interview describes a private seafront residence on six acres, which is single occupancy per residence with no group therapy at any stage and places the clinic at band 8. Band 9 is not reached: the clinic's pages give no explicit statement that clients never meet, no arrival and departure separation procedure, and only one confidentiality mechanism beyond statute (private funding with no insurance claims trail); the FAQ names no specific anonymity practice. The plural residences wording is not a contradiction, since no source shows concurrent residences, so no deduction applies.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
The Mental Health Commission register of approved centres does not list the clinic and no entry was found on the health services regulator's register, so no facility licence is established. The team page lists a psychiatrist and a medical consultant in internal medicine, which supports psychiatric care at the site and band 4. Night cover is a live-in therapist only, so 24-hour physician or psychiatrist cover is not established; detoxification is explicitly not offered, no physician holds a medical lead role, no hospital route is named and no accreditor is listed.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high
Treatment begins with an assessment including meetings with the clinic's psychiatrist, psychologist and live-in therapist and a biochemical analysis using blood, saliva and sometimes stool tests; a clinical partner describes its biochemical screen as integrated into treatment. These two elements give band 4. No screening before the client commits, no physical examination by a physician, no medication review, no specialist diagnostic and no written formulation are published.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Each client has a dedicated team with a live-in therapist and a live-in case manager providing 24-hour one-to-one support, and there is no group programme, which establishes a dedicated team and 24-hour clinical presence at band 5. The mental health page gives over six hours of treatment a day, but this total covers a wide range of daily therapy including complementary work and personal training, so no typical or minimum one-to-one clinical hours figure is published and bands 6 and above are not reached.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
The founder states that each client receives a continuing care plan that may include online sessions, weekend refreshers or a therapist accompanying the client home, which meets three elements and gives band 4. No duration, price, same-team continuity, psychiatric follow-up or family involvement after discharge is published, and the homepage refers only to support beyond the stay.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
A sweep of the clinic's domains found no ranking page, no award presented as accreditation and no assistant-directed content. One positive signal counts: the homepage publishes a two-week programme from EUR 150,000 and a five-week programme from EUR 350,000, and the treatment page gives programmes from EUR 70,000 per week, without presenting the standard fee as negotiable. No referral-fee, declining or voluntary-admission policy is published, so with a clean sweep and one positive signal the score is band 5.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
One element is met: the clinic states plainly that it does not provide detoxification or rehabilitation services, which is a statement of limits. The terms and privacy page names Rósglas Recovery Ltd., Ireland without a company number or registered address, names no data controller, gives no retention period and sets out no complaints procedure, and no deposit, payment, refund or early-departure terms or exclusions from the fee are published. One element gives band 2, and no contradiction deduction applies.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low
The clinic states it was established in 2015. Open web and case law searches found no court or regulator outcome against the operator. The clinic is on no statutory register, so no inspection record exists; there is no first-hand bylined reporting and the only review platform, a ProvenExpert profile, carries no reviews. With no finding and no standing elements, the score is band 5.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: high
The clinic publishes a spa, gym, pool, grounds and a residence service team with a personal chef, butler and concierge, and family involvement is encouraged; the house component is band 4. The residence location is not disclosed, so no emergency route can be verified, and no emergency equipment or safety policy is published. A named clinical nutritionist works with the chef on tailored meals and biochemical testing drives the nutrition plan, but no regulated dietetics qualification is stated; the nutrition component is band 6, and the mean is band 5.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
The team page names eight people with roles and stated credentials, links only to professional network profiles and publishes no registration numbers. Counselling and psychotherapy titles returned no record because no statutory register for them is open, and the medical and nursing register lookups remain open. The facility licence is not proven, so no credential counts and the score is band 1.
ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: Clinician register lookups for this criterion were still open at the edition cut-off (see known_gaps). The points count as assessed on the evidence available; the band may change when the lookups are completed, which is resolved in a later edition.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
The clinic publishes a headline rate of from EUR 70,000 per week on its treatment page, with programme totals of from EUR 150,000 for two weeks and from EUR 350,000 for five weeks on its homepage. The VIP programme is on request. Very few clinics at this level publish a rate at all, so the disclosure is real, although the clinic does not explain how the weekly headline relates to the programme totals. No fee inclusions, payment, deposit, refund, extension or early-departure terms are published. Everything is privately funded and insurance does not cover the services.
In Ireland, at a location the clinic deliberately does not publish. The founder describes a private seafront property set on six acres of grounds. The published telephone line is a Dublin number. The clinic resolves none of the geography, which reads as a confidentiality practice rather than an error, but it does mean the property cannot be independently located or verified, and no emergency department or travel time can be given.
People who need to be out of sight completely for two to six weeks: senior executives, founders, public figures and family principals who cannot be in a room with another client. The clinic treats addictions, mental health conditions, trauma, eating distress and burnout, one person at a time, roughly six to eight people a year. It is not for anyone needing medically supervised withdrawal, because the clinic states explicitly that it provides neither detoxification nor rehabilitation services.
Contact is by telephone or email, followed by a comprehensive assessment with the clinic's psychiatrist, psychologist and live-in therapist, which shapes an individually designed programme. An in-depth biochemical analysis using blood, saliva and sometimes stool tests runs at the start of treatment. No clinical screening before the client commits is described. Because the model admits one client at a time, admission depends on whether the residence is currently occupied, and no waiting time is published. Funding is arranged privately in advance.
Each client is given a continuing care plan, which the founder says may include online sessions, weekend refreshers or a therapist accompanying the client home. Family therapy is offered during treatment to prepare the environment the client returns to. The specific structure, duration and cost of aftercare are not published, no psychiatric review or medication management after discharge is described, and no alumni programme is mentioned.