The Leas Cross scandal erupted in Ireland when the nursing home with this name, located near Swords in Dublin, closed several weeks after a 2005 Prime Time television report revealed sub-standard living conditions there.
[2] Public concern over the Leas Cross scandal led to the formation of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).
[3] Peter McKenna, a 60-year-old man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's, who died 13 days after being transferred to the home in 2000, was the subject of a report by Martin Hynes, former head of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.
[2][4] Mr. McKenna had been transferred from St. Michael's House to the nursing home despite the objections of his family - he was a ward of court.
[6][7] It also stated that there was almost a complete absence of systematic monitoring of deaths in Irish nursing homes.