From tomorrow, June 15th, people will be permitted to visit loved ones currently living in nursing homes.
The current guidance includes recommendations that each resident has a maximum of two named visitors with only one allowed to be present at any given time.
To discuss further, Susan is joined by Diarmuid Ó Dálaigh, proprietor of Oaklodge Nursing Home in Cloyne, Co Cork.
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