Five families seek inquests into nursing home deaths

Twenty-five residents of Ballynoe Nursing Home in Glanmire died during January and February during a Covid outbreak

Teresa Mulcahy, whose mother Margaret Kelleher died after testing positive for Covid, is one of the family members who wants an independent investigation into what happened. Picture: Jim Coughlan

At least five families of people who died in a Cork nursing home during a Covid19 outbreak are to seek a group inquest. 

Twenty-five residents of the nursing home died during January and February during a Covid outbreak, although not all of them had Covid 19.