New era as home finally opens in Dingle

Residents and staff welcome transfer from Dickensian institution, says Donal Hickey

New era as home finally opens in Dingle
Thu, 28 Oct, 2010 - 01:00

IT was a long time coming and people in Dingle, Co Kerry, yesterday breathed a huge sigh of relief when a brand new community hospital finally opened its doors.

Shortly after 8.30am, the first patients, Jack Kavanagh, aged 103, and Padraig Lynch, 91, moved into the €16.4 million building, having been transferred from St Elizabeth’s Hospital, which dates to famine times.

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