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Ireland's nursing home sector 'under threat of failure' amid post-pandemic challenges - report
- One in five small, private nursing homes have closed for good, since the pandemic.
- Private patients receive 55% less subsidy funding compared to patients in the public sector.
- Models of care are being wiped out and the sector is under threat, according to one sector representative.
Taoiseach among multiple politicians whose homes were targeted over weekend by protesters
Dublin TD Paul Murphy described the second protest outside of his home as a ‘step up from the last time’
Ballinrobe hotel 'initially ear-marked for adult males' will house 'families and children', Dept says
- The disused hotel has been the site of an ongoing protest since Friday night after councillors were informed last Thursday about plans for the site.
- Local councillors have said there were concerns about a lack of consulation and the "denomination" of those planned to be housed there.
- Some 6,748 cases of gonorrhoea were reported up to 23 December 2023, compared with 3,976 cases in 2022
- The majority of cases reported in Ireland last year (5,200) were among men
- Ireland has one of the highest incidence rates of gonorrhoea in Europe

