Nursing home seeks court order for removal of ‘unsuitable’ resident

THE owners of a nursing home returned to Limerick Circuit Court yesterday to seek the immediate removal of a resident who last week was given time to find alternative accommodation.

Judge Carroll Moran last week gave Jim Hourigan three weeks to leave Abbot Close nursing home in Askeaton after affidavits were handed into court alleging Hourigan had sexually abused a member of staff and created other problems.

The case was brought back to court yesterday when the owners of Abbot Close claimed that after a report on the earlier hearing appeared in the Irish Examiner, Hourigan had caused more problems, upsetting elderly residents and staff.