Ballynoe families in fresh call for nursing home inquiry

'What happened in our nursing homes has done untold damage to so many families'

Ballynoe Nursing Home: 21 residents died in January and February of this year. Picture: Carechoice.ie

One of the many things the late Veronica Coyle’s family agonises over is a phone conversation her husband Pat had just days before she died at Ballynoe Nursing Home.

The softly-spoken former postman was informed by a member of staff that the 64-year-old, who suffered from dementia, was in “good spirits” and “all her vital signs were good”.