Nursing home extension creates 30 jobs

A €1.5m extension at one of Munster’s largest nursing homes has created 30 jobs.

The 24-bed extension at Brídhaven nursing home in Mallow, in north Cork, has brought the facility’s bed capacity up to 163, with 180 people now employed there across a range of disciplines.

Junior minister Kathleen Lynch, who has responsibility for disability, older people, equality, and mental health, said the facility was a wonderful example to the industry.