Nursing home residents' families left disappointed after taking campaign to Leinster House

Protesters outside Leinster House on Wednesday calling for increased funding for Beaumont Residential Care nursing home. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The families of nursing home residents at a centre of a Fair Deal funding crisis have expressed disappointment after taking their campaign to the gates of Dáil Éireann.

The small group of family carers and friends of the 56 affected residents living at Beaumont Residential Care (BRC) in Cork were joined by groups representing an estimated 5,000 private nursing home beds in the sector at Leinster House in what was one of the largest demonstrations by the nursing home sector in some time.