Cork nursing home found to have bedrooms with no natural light

The Health Information and Quality Authority published 61 reports on nursing homes, including facilities in Fermoy and Glanmire

Reports on Fermoy Community Hospital in Co Cork are among 61 published by Hiqa. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Inadequate fire safety precautions that could actually increase the amount of time it would take to evacuate residents from nursing homes in a fire have been found by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa).

One of the homes is a privately run home in Co Donegal which failed almost every regulation it was inspected for, while another is a community hospital in Cork run by the HSE.