Relatives have expressed disappointment with yesterday's report into the treatment of patients at Leas Cross nursing home in Dublin.

Outraged relatives of elderly people who died in the care of Leas Cross Nursing Home tonight dismissed an official inquiry in to the scandal as a whitewash.

The report into the operation of Leas Cross Nursing Home has found that the principal cause for the decline in care was a lack of staff, considering the number of residents at the North county Dublin facility.

Fine Gael has criticised the Government's decision to publish a report into the Leas Cross nursing home scandal today.

The official report into the treatment of elderly patients at the Leas Cross nursing home in north Co Dublin is due to be published later today.