Covid-19 nursing home deaths remembrance event to be held in Cork and Dundalk

More than 2,000 people expected to attend March 18 events in counties hit hardest by nursing home deaths during the pandemic

About 300 people are expected to attend the event in Cork, which starts about 2.30pm, before a 3pm candlelight vigil in the New Marina Park, Monahan Road, near Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Picture: David Creedon

The Remembrance Day event for those who died while in care during the pandemic will be held on March 18 beside Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork and in the Square in Dundalk, Co Louth.

More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the events, both in person and online.