'I'm pure delighted': Tipp nursing home provides antigen tests so families can visit loved ones

Couple share a meal together for the first time in months thanks to relaxed care home visit rules and antigen testing

Michael Ryan presents a beautiful spray of flowers to his wife Mary during his visit to her in Patterson's Nursing Home in Roscrea, Co Tipperary. Picture: Brian Arthur

A nursing home in Tipperary is paying for antigen testing for staff and visitors so they can safely reopen for families.

Nursing homes were allowed from yesterday to allow visitors inside the homes twice weekly. However, Patterson's Nursing Home in Roscrea went one step further and is open since Mother’s Day to visitors who agree to an antigen test first.