Delay in handing Cork nursing homes to HSE 'simply not good enough' as Killarney home finally handed over

HSE said units in Midleton and St Finbarr’s in Cork City will be handed over by March, but it could be December before St Finbarr's can take in residents

St Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork may not take in residents before December. Picture: Chani Anderson

A new nursing home in Killarney has finally been handed to the HSE by the builders, two years after it was first mooted, but the wait goes on for two homes in Cork.

However, it could be March before new homes in Midleton and Cork City are given over, the HSE said. It could even be as far away as December before the St Finbarr’s unit in Cork City takes in residents.