Gregory Craig

🚨 A MOTHER AND TWO DISABLED CHILDREN ARE BEING LEFT IN CRISIS BY THE HSE. 🚨 Yvonne Nolan is a mother of three, including two children with disabilities who require a specially adapted home with shatterproof windows, keypad doors, and electrical safety measures to stay safe. Yvonne and her children are facing eviction. Dublin City Council offered a one-bed apartment in the city centre, completely inadequate for their needs. Meanwhile, the HSE claims there is "no capacity" for the emergency respite that was already approved earlier this year. Even though Norma Foley stated she received assurances that this emergency care placement would be funded, a freeze on additional HSE funding has left this family stranded with zero safety nets. We demand full accountability and transparency from the HSE immediately: 👉 Release funding. 👉 Deliver the emergency care placements now. 👉 Stop leaving vulnerable children behind closed doors. This is not acceptable and must be resolved.. @roinnslainte @NormaFoleyTD1 @HSELive #HSE #Accountability #DisabilityRights #HousingCrisis #BeforeWeDie #Transparency

In Ireland, around 2,000 adults with intellectual disabilities live at home with a parent over 70 including 500 with a parent over 80 with no State plan for what happens when their carers pass away. October’s budget allocated just 100 non-emergency residential places nationwide, a pace that would take 20 years to house those currently waiting. Instead of helping families plan smooth transitions now, the State relies on reactive crisis placements with for-profit providers that cost taxpayers €420,000 a year and uproot vulnerable adults from their communities overnight. The Before We Die campaign is demanding funded, planned housing now so ageing parents can help their children settle into their new homes while they are still alive. #BeforeWeDie #DisabilityRights #Carers #ResidentialCare irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

The Windmill Nursing Homes Limited, the operator behind the 60-bed Clarinbridge Care Centre in Craughwell, Galway, recorded a near-66% surge in profits to over €3.3 million in 2025. Newly filed Companies Office accounts show group turnover rose 15% from €27.9 million to more than €32 million across its six facilities, boosting accumulated profits to over €16.1 million and lifting cash reserves from €2.5 million to €4 million. Co-owned by founders Pat Kennedy and Denis McElligott, the group expanded its average workforce from 537 to 597 employees during the year, with total wage, social welfare, and pension costs reaching €20.8 million. The company also grew its net fixed assets to €27.7 million and acquired a new care centre premises that received HIQA registration in March 2026 as part of ongoing bed-capacity expansion plans. While noting reliance on state funding through the Fair Deal scheme as a potential market risk, directors confirmed they anticipate no policy changes and remain confident in the group's continued growth. #WindmillNursingHomesLimited #Galway #ClarinbridgeCareCentre connachttribune.ie/news/galw…