Investigation shows dire practices at privately-run nursing homes 

Residents at two privately-run Irish nursing homes were left to sit in their own urine and subjected to manhandling by staff, among many other abuses, a bombshell new investigation shows.

RTÉ Investigates will tonight broadcast Inside Ireland’s Nursing Homes, the result of a months-long undercover investigation at two nursing homes — The Residence in Portlaoise and Beneavin Manor in north Dublin City. The programme details a litany of questionable behaviour and practices, including:

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