Nursing Homes Ireland today, 29th May, noted with concern the significant increase in pressures being brought to bear upon acute hospitals and reports that acute hospitals have overspent their budgets by more than €63m in the first three months of 2014. At the beginning of the year, NHI described the drastic cut to Fair Deal 2014 budget as “illogical and short-sighted” and warned it would unavoidably increase pressures upon the acute hospital sector.