Nursing home staff block firm removing items during sit-in

STAFF staging a sit-in over unpaid wages following the closure of a nursing home blocked a hospital supply company from entering the residential complex and removing items yesterday.

Over 50 staff at Tullybeg Retirement Village in Co Offaly have staged a sit-in at the premises since the owners, including a businessman at the centre of a money laundering investigation, announced the closure of the home nearly two months ago.

Half the staff have secured other jobs but still return to support those permanently manning the sit-in, which is done on a shift basis.