"I welcome this" - Tony McMullan on news that closure of sister's care home put on hold

Dec 05, 2014, 09:59 AM

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There's huge controversy over plans to close a Bangor care home. Stewart Memorial House cares for people with profound physical and mental disabilities. In a shock announcement the people living there were told they would have to find alternative accommodation in the new year.

They and their families were devastated. Some of them told us they couldn't get any answers about why the decision had been taken. Well we've been digging at this story. And we've got some good news this morning.

Tony McMullan's sister, Maureen,has been mentally and physically disabled since birth. She has lived in Stewart Memorial House in Bangor for the last four years.