'A national disgrace' that elder care is now mainly delivered by private companies

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan and Unison Northern Ireland regional secretary Patricia McKeown look on as Minister of State Thomas Byrne addresses the unions' all-island State of Healthcare conference in Dundalk. Picture: Conor Healy/Picture It

It is a “national disgrace” that most care for older people is now delivered by private companies, according to a member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).

Clarewoman Kathleen Lynch, professor of equality studies at University College Dublin, said logic of healthcare was different to that of profit.