One of the owners of a family-run care centre in Dublin has said he wants answers as to why the facility was so badly affected by Covid-19.
Fergus McNulty was speaking on RTÉ's Drivetime after The Irish Times reported that 28 residents had died at Marymount Care Centre in Lucan.
Mr McNulty said: "The focus now needs to be on the system of care, and how public and private come together to make sure we protect vulnerable citizens." Staff and owners have "found what's happened very difficult to process," he added. "The emotion we feel is devastation.
These were people we have cared for for years. They were parents of friends. They were local people in the community. When we start to look back, there is no question that there have to be lessons