2,000 sign petition to save welfare home

MORE than 2,000 people have signed a petition to prevent the closure of a welfare home in north Cork.

Mon, 15 Aug, 2011 - 01:00
Sean O’Riordan

St Francis Welfare Home in Fermoy has been under-utilised for a number of years.

The HSE transferred a number of patients to the welfare home while some upgrading work was carried out at the local community hospital.

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