Families who lost loved ones in Dealgan House nursing home in Dundalk, Co Louth say they are still looking for answers, almost two years on from a devastating Covid-19 outbreak.
Ahead of a National Ceremony of Remembrance and Reflection this weekend, the families are again calling on the Government to support a public inquiry into nursing homes deaths during the pandemic.
Vivienne McNally’s father Dominic died on 17 April 2020, after contracting Covid-19 at the Dealgan House nursing home. He was one of 23 residents who died at the home during the first wave of the pandemic, one of the worst hit nursing homes in the State. "My father was a great character.
I always refer back to something that was written under his obituary where he was described as one of life’s good guys and he was," she explained. "He was a great family man.