'They didn't tell me I had it': Resident of Cork nursing home at centre of Covid outbreak

Margot, 87, survived the outbreak in the home where there have been up to 25 deaths, most of which have been from Covid, but she remains very unwell

Ballynoe resident Margot McAuliffe is currently being cared for at Mercy University Hospital Cork.

Nobody is as surprised that Margot McAuliffe has Covid-19 as she is herself.

This is because, bored with listening to fellow Ballynoe Nursing Home residents discussing bowel movements in the day room, she retreated to her own room “years ago”.