Leas Cross death report to be published

THE report into the death of the man who died of septicaemia 12 days after being admitted to the controversial Leas Cross nursing home in Swords, Co Dublin, will be made public within weeks.

Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney yesterday met with the relatives of Peter McKenna, the 60-year-old man with Downs syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease, who died after his stay at Leas Cross nursing home.

Afterward, she said the report would be published by the end of October.