Long-mooted Tipperary nursing home opens after three-year wait

Although completed in 2023, a delay caused concern that a nursing home might never open

Tánaiste and Minister of State for Older People, Kieran O’Donnell TD, pictured with resident Jimmy Sherlock as Nenagh Community Nursing Unit was officially opened. Picture: Don Moloney

A Nenagh nursing home, completed in 2023 and then controversially used as a step-down centre for hospital patients, has been officially opened for older residents.

The €23m nursing home was built to replace an older home in the town but instead was repurposed to take patients from University Hospital Limerick (UHL).