Private

Harbour Lights Nursing Home

Townasligo, Bruckless, F94 N597

Call 074 973 2020

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,275

HSE list #230, 4 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

15 August 2026

Current registration since 16 August 2023

Fair Deal price

This is the most the home can charge a week for residents on the Fair Deal scheme. Under Fair Deal you pay up to 80% of your income and 7.5% of the value of your assets a year, and the State pays the rest. Homes may charge extra for things like activities, hairdressing or newspapers, so ask about these when you call.

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE Section 40 #230	4 September 2026	€1,275

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Condition 1: Subject to any prohibitions or restrictions contained in any other condition(s), the designated centre shall be operated at all times in accordance with the Statement of Purpose within the footprint of the designated centre on the floor plan dated [13/06/2023]. The registered provider shall only provide for the specific care and support needs, and services, within the facilities as set out the Statement of Purpose, as agreed with the Chief Inspector at the time of registration. Any changes to the specific care and support needs and services provided must be agreed in advance with the Chief Inspector. Condition 2: Only persons aged 18 years or older shall be accommodated at the designated centre at any time. Condition 3: The maximum number of persons that may be accommodated at the designated centre is 56.

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Fair Deal weekly price
€1,855 / week
Inspection score
81
Beds
33 beds
Phone
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Aras Mhic Shuibhne
Private
Laghy, Co. Donegal· 19 km away

Inspection score

81/ 100

Mostly compliant

Improving

Ranked 5 of 21 scored homes in Co. Donegal · 3 of 4 within 25 km

Leadership and management70

Quality and safety of care87

What went into the score

5 February 2026 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 7 of 8 compliant · 89
14 January 2025 · counts 30%1 not compliant · 9 of 13 compliant · 85
7 February 2024 · counts 20%5 not compliant · 1 high risk · 3 of 17 compliant · 54

Fair Deal price is about the same as the Co. Donegal median of €1,275 a week.

How we calculate this score

Every regulation HIQA judged on an inspection earns points: Compliant 100, Substantially compliant 65, Not compliant 25.
Where the compliance plan rates the risk of a failing regulation, orange (moderate risk) takes off 15 more points and red (high risk) takes off 40. Yellow (low risk) takes off nothing.
An inspection's score is the average over the regulations it looked at.
A home's score combines its last 3 inspections: the newest counts for 50%, the one before for 30% and the one before that for 20%. With fewer inspections the weights are scaled up to 100%.
The trend compares the newest inspection's score with the average of the earlier ones: 5 points or more higher is improving, 5 or more lower is declining, anything else is stable.
Homes are ranked by score within their county and among scored homes within 25 km. Homes with the same score share a rank.

Method v1. It uses only HIQA's published judgments, not our opinion, and is recalculated whenever a new report is published.

What the latest inspection found

Harbour Lights Nursing Home provides a warm, safe, and respectful environment where residents receive good quality care tailored to their individual needs. Residents feel comfortable, safe, and have their rights and choices respected, including freedom to decide daily routines and activities. The home is clean, well-maintained, and offers a variety of communal spaces and a secure garden. Staff are kind and attentive, though some management oversight and staff training on safeguarding could be improved.

Long-term care
Dementia care

What inspectors liked

Residents reported feeling safe and well cared for, with staff described as kind and respectful.
The home has a variety of communal areas and a safe garden accessible to residents.
Care plans are person-centred, regularly reviewed, and based on thorough assessments.
There is a good range of activities available, with residents free to choose participation.
Staff have access to mandatory training and there is a safeguarding policy and committee in place.

What needed to improve

Assistant directors of nursing have no allocated management time, limiting clinical oversight and support.
Some staff showed insufficient understanding of safeguarding procedures despite training.
Complaints policy lacks identification of complaint and review officers and clear timelines.
Quality audits do not consistently lead to action plans or improvements.

Harbour Lights Nursing Home

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

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Inspection history

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What residents said

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care