About Us

Grace Healthcare provides outstanding residential care to residents within our ten Fair Deal registered facilities across Dublin, Meath, Cork, Cavan and Monaghan.

As one of Ireland’s leading nursing home groups, our mission is to offer residents the highest possible standards of care, ensuring they feel respected and part of a thriving community.

We believe that a caring home is a home that is connected to its community. Most of our residents come from the surrounding area and each of our homes bear the hallmarks of its unique neighbourhood culture, creating places where residents and their families feel they belong.

We know that choosing the right nursing home for a loved one can be challenging. We operate with empathy and compassion, helping families to make this transition as comfortably as possible.

Our model of care is always centred on the needs and desires of our residents. At Grace Healthcare, we work to make sure that they have what they need to feel at home and live fulfilling lives.

Grace Healthcare provides outstanding residential care to residents within our six Fair Deal registered facilities across Dublin and Monaghan.

As one of Ireland’s leading nursing home groups, our mission is to offer residents the highest possible standards of care, ensuring they feel respected and part of a thriving community.

We believe that a caring home is a home that is connected to its community. Most of our residents come from the surrounding area and each of our homes bear the hallmarks of its unique neighbourhood culture, creating places where residents and their families feel they belong.

We know that choosing the right nursing home for a loved one can be challenging. We operate with empathy and compassion, helping families to make this transition as comfortably as possible.

Our model of care is always centred on the needs and desires of our residents. At Grace Healthcare, we work to make sure that they have what they need to feel at home and live fulfilling lives.

We champion to provide the best quality of life for our residents in their later years.

- Joe O’Donovan – CEO

Our Values

Thoughtfulness

In everything we do, we put residents first, from integrating activities to ensuring a smooth transition into their new home.

Transparency

We will always communicate sincerely and clearly with residents and their families.

Respect

We will always show the utmost respect for our residents and their families, ensuring their voices are heard and their individual needs are met.

Every so often you might encounter a wonderful experience; this is exactly what happened when my aunt Sinead took up residence at Oakwood Lodge. We were overwhelmed with the level of care, attention and love provided by the wonderful staff.

- Peter, Dublin

Our Leadership Team

Rioghnach Murphy

Chief Executive Officer

Prior to assuming the role of CEO, Rioghnach was Chief Operations Officer for Grace Healthcare for a period of three years. Rioghnach worked closely with the CEO at the time and lead on the operations and quality and compliance in all of the homes.

With a background in nursing, Rioghnach has over 20 years’ experience working in the healthcare sector internationally and nationally. Rioghnach has worked with older persons since2015. She also worked as Director of Operations for Health Care Informed (HCI),a professional services provider which, among other services, assists healthcare organisations in the nursing home sector with compliance and regulatory requirements.  Rioghnach also worked as Head of Quality, Risk and Compliance for Bloomfield Health Services with both Older persons services under HIQA regulation and Mental health services under Mental Health Commission.  

Rioghnach has a BSc in Nursing, a Diploma in PICU, a Master’s in Healthcare Management, and QQI level 6 Train the Trainer.   

Angela McNamee

Chief Operations Officer

Angela McNamee, Chief Operations Officer and Person Participating in Management for all Grace Healthcare Nursing Homes. As COO Angela is responsible for all elements of service and care provision, including process improvement, policy and procedure development, quality management system development and regulatory compliance. Previously, Angela was Head of Service Development for Grace Healthcare since 2020.  

With a background in nursing, Angela has over 38 years working in the healthcare sector, and has held senior management positions both nationally and internationally. She was Director of Services in Castleross, one of the Grace Healthcare Homes for 3 years where she developed a deep understanding for Care of the Older Person and the Household model in particular and it’s successful integration both from an operational and regulatory perspective. Prior to that she was Group Director of Nursing for the Louth Meath hospital group, leading a homeal staff  over three sites with 600 + beds. She has also worked as Director of Homeal Operations in Abu Dhabi where she was responsible for the preparation of new facilities which provided care to long term, ventilated adult and paediatric patients. This Consultant led rehabilitation service was a new concept in the UAE and Angela succeeded in gaining CARF accreditation for the service.

Angela is a Registered General Nurse and also holds an MSc in Education and Training Management, a BSc in Nursing Management, and a Higher Diploma in Coronary Care Nursing.

John Bishop

Chief Financial Officer

John joined Grace Healthcare in November 2022 after spending the previous three years as Chief Financial Officer in the Nursing Home industry.

John brings a wealth of experience to the role having overseen finance for over 20 years in the healthcare industry in the fields of Medical Diagnostics, Research & Development and Service Provision both domestically and internationally.

John qualified as a Management Accountant in 1994 and holds a Masters in Executive Leadership from the University of Ulster. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors and has mentored with his accounting institute for a number of years.

Deborrah Brennan

Director of Nursing  - Tara Winthrop Private Clinic

Deborrah is the Director of Nursing and Peron in Charge at Tara Winthrop.

Deborrah has had an extinguished career as a Registered General Nurse  and in Senior management for over 25 years. Her core competencies have offered her valued experience previously as an Director of Nursing with Hamilton Park Care Facility and Assistant Director of Nursing with Tara Winthrop Private Clinic Limited.

Deborrah’s qualifications as registered general nurse extend to a Masters in Person-Centred Care (Older Person), General Diploma in Gerontology Nursing, Leadership Matters in Person Centre Dementia, First Line Management, Higher Diploma in Palliative Care & Oncology Nursing.  She has recently qualified as RNP Nurse prescriber.

Deborrah has been prominent founder and advocate for “Forget-me-Not Café”, a monthly resource for relatives and friends of people who have been diagnosed as having dementia.

Lyzander Rea

Director of Nursing  - Oakwood Lodge

Lyzander has over 10 years’ professional nursing experience across the areas of management, education, critical care and care of the elderly. He completed his Baccalaureate and holds a Master’s Degree in Mental Health and Pyschiatric Nursing and is currently working on a doctorate in Development Education.

Lyzander has held clinical and academic posts overseas, including the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and the UK. His areas of expertise include Nursing Education, Learning and Development, Nursing Quality and Nursing Infomatics.

Alice Thomas

Director of Nursing  - Terenure

Alice has been Director of Nursing since May 2016. With a BSc in Nursing and Certificates in Conflict Management and Supervisory Management, Alice brings a wealth of practical experience to her role. Her background includes a nine-year stint in Residential Services in Ireland, as well as roles working in the Intensive Care system in India.

Anitha Achuthan

Director of Nursing - Nephin

Anitha has over 10 years’ experience in the care of the elderly, including a previous position as Director of Nursing at Churchview for a number of years. Her experience is complemented by her BSc in Nursing and BSc Certificate in Nursing and Supervisory Management.

Simi Ann Nelson

Director of Nursing  - St Gladys

With a BSc in Nursing, a Masters in Mental Health from TCD and a Certificate in Managing People and Health and Safety at Work, Simi brings a wealth of practical experience to her role.

Simi has over 14 years of managerial experience in Ireland, working as Assistant Director of Nursing and as Director of Nursing, and working closely with Alzheimer’s society of Ireland and HSE.

Simi is passionate about dementia specific care with a person-centred approach, holistic approach to care of the older person, and establishing a Positive Work Environment.

Marie Clarke

Director of Nursing  - Castleross

Marie has worked in Castleross for over ten years as a staff nurse, clinical coordinator and care manger.
As Director of Nursing, she has a wealth of experience in older person care, organisation and management.

Marie brings a person-cantered approach to all aspects of her role through collaboration, communication and teamwork; ensuring relationships with residents and their families are based on respect, equality and promote independence. As a leader, empathy and compassion are at the core of her practice.

Previous to her work in Castleross, Marie worked in Australia, St James’s Hospital, Dublin and Peamount Hospital, Dublin.

Marie holds a BSc in General Nursing from Trinity College Dublin with further Level 6 certification in Supervisory Management.

Daniel Ryan

Group Financial Controller

Daniel is the Group Financial Controller of Grace Healthcare.  Daniel is ACCA qualified accountant and trained in the Grant Thornton Corporate Restructuring Team.  Prior to joining Grace Healthcare, Daniel spent three years within the finance team at Key Capital.

After completing a B.Sc. in Technological University Dublin, Daniel trained with Grant Thornton to complete his ACCA exams.  Daniel also holds an M.Sc. in Project Management from the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School.

Michelle Duffy

Operations Manager

With QQI Level 6 qualifications in Supervisory Management, Michelle has been Operations Manager since 2014, coordinating Bed Management and supervising a range of functions and duties that ensure the smooth day-to-day running of every home.