Cobh nursing home residents left waiting six hours at sitting room table for planned activity

A scathing inspection report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) found that the nursing home "failed to ensure that an effective and safe service was provided for residents".

Residents at Cobh Community Hospital were left sitting at a table for six hours waiting for an activity to begin.

A scathing inspection report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) found that the nursing home, which is run by a voluntary board of management and a large cohort of community volunteers "failed to ensure that an effective and safe service was provided for residents".