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The guidance will be kept under continuing review as new evidence and data emerges. Minister Donnelly said: “We all know the direct impact that Covid-19 has had on older people, especially those in nursing homes, and the sad loss of life experienced at home and internationally from the virus. The virus has also had indirect consequences, such as the loss of those important social connections and engagements with loved ones. “While the previous guidance had provided for visiting on critical and compassionate grounds this new guidance now expands the scope of visiting on general compassiona...

Candles lighting in the homes of survivors of Mother and Baby Homes today and tomorrow Published: Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:05 A candle has been lighting throughout the day today and will light again throughout the day tomorrow in the homes of the survivors of Mother and Baby Homes who this afternoon  got their first glimpse of the 3000 page Report of the Commission of Investigation into the institutions. Over the past five years, the commission has been establishing what occurred in 14 mother-and-baby homes and four county homes, including the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. The institut...