A former Sinn Féin councillor for Balbriggan has spoken of his time working in two Fingal nursing homes throughout the pandemic, and how COVID-19 has tragically touched his own family recently just days before he was to receive the vaccine Malachy Quinn worked as chef in a Lougshinny nursing home before moving to work in Hamilton Park Nursing Home in December of last year. As fortune would have it, Malachy joined Hamilton Park just as the first vaccinations were being rolled out to residents and staff. It was a turning point in the nursing home's battle with the pandemic, but it was also a 'bittersweet' moment for Malachy, whose father tragically passed away from COVID-19 at that time.