The families of Beaumont Residential Care residents say the Minister of State with responsibility for older people told them there is 'nothing on the table and nothing she can do' regarding Fair Deal funding

Families of nursing home residents at risk of losing their homes over a Fair Deal funding crisis have staged a second protest in Cork as they pleaded with the Taoiseach to intervene

A daughter of one resident at Beaumont Residential Care said: "We want our loved ones to be able to live their final days with dignity, in the place they know as home."

Relatives and friends of Beaumont Residential Care residents are to protest outside Cork ministers’ offices calling for intervention, after the nursing home’s decision to leave the fair deal scheme

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