Anti-vaccination protesters should not be allowed on hospital campus, says Donegal TD

Joe McCarron, 67, died after contracting Covid-19 and was laid to rest in his hometown of Dungloe.

Joe McCarron, 67, died after contracting Covid-19 and was laid to rest in his hometown of Dungloe.

A senior investigating officer has been appointed by Gardaí to oversee an investigation around a number of recent incidents at Letterkenny University Hospital in Donegal, involving Covid denying activists.

It is after a video emerged online, showing a Covid patient, Joe McCarron, apparently being encouraged to leave the facility by another man, while doctors advised him to stay.

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