Public Accounts Committee taken into private session over nursing home row

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been taken into private session this morning after Nursing Home Ireland snubbed an invite to appear which led to a stand-off among members, writes Daniel McConnell.

When PAC chairman Sean Fleming sought to bring the meeting into private session shortly before 10am, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald repeatedly said: “No you won’t, I strongly object”.