Residents of nursing home facing closure are particularly vulnerable, court hears

St Mary’s Centre (Telford) nursing home is situated on a campus beside St Vincent’s Hospital on Merrion Road, Dublin.

Members of a campaign group, who are calling on the state to step in to keep St. Mary’s Nursing Home open, pictured last month. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

Residents in a south Dublin nursing home and disability centre, which faces closure under High Court liquidation proceedings, were particularly vulnerable, a solicitor told Mr Justice Garrett Simons today.

“I represent both employees and residents, some of whom are in their twilight years and some of whom are blind and I will have to travel to meet many of them,” solicitor Gary Daly told the court Monday when he was granted an adjournment to facilitate the preparation of evidence on their behalf.