Three more residents pass away after Covid-19 outbreak at nursing home

Droimnín Nursing Home in Stradbally: three residents have died since Monday. Picture: Brookhaven.ie

Three more residents have passed away in a Covid-19 outbreak at a Laois nursing home, bringing the death toll to nine.

The latest deaths were at Droimnín Nursing Home in Stradbally and confirmed by Gearóid Brennan, chief executive of Brookhaven Healthcare, which runs the home.