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"We feel courageous being the first to take the vaccine, and it gives us a bit of hope"

Over the past fortnight residents in Nursing Homes across the country have been getting the Covid...

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19.28 27 Jan 2021


"We feel courageous being the first to take the vaccine, and it gives us a bit of hope"


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19.28 27 Jan 2021


Over the past fortnight residents in Nursing Homes across the country have been getting the Covid-19 vaccine.

And in the next few weeks residents will get their second jab.

But what has life been like for our older generation who live in nursing homes across the country since the pandemic began.

Our reporter Barry Whyte has been speaking to residents at St Gobnaits nursing home in Co Limerick, the Powdermill Nursing Home & Care Centre in Co Cork and the Inis Ree Lodge in Lanesborogh…..


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