Ireland 'failed as a nation' to protect elderly, Dáil hears

TDs passed a motion calling for a national inquiry into nursing home deaths during the pandemic

David Cullinane said residents died because advice on safeguarding was ignored.

Ireland failed to protect its elderly and the fact that so many died during the pandemic is a damning indictment on our health service, deputies told the Dáil.

Sinn Féin’s Pauline Tully also said the lack of visitation rights of the loved ones who died led to, in some homes, abuse going undetected.