An allegation that a director of care at a Longford Nursing Home had attended for work while under the influence of alcohol and was unfit to practise has been withdrawn by the Nursing and Midwifery Board.
On the second day of the fitness-to-practise inquiry, a medical report produced at the hearing said that nurse Mary Mealy does not drink and has not done so for years.
Ciaran Craven, barrister for Ms Mealy, said the allegation was very damaging and should never have been made.
He said it was an outrageous allegation, there was no evidence to support it and it was now being withdrawn at a late stage.
Barrister Patrick Leonard for the inquiry said it had been a proper allegation to level.
But he said the medical report produced today from a consultant psychiatrist did not support the allegation and he was withdrawing it.
The psychiatrist assessed Ms Mealy in March this year.
She told him that when she started working at Thomond Lodge Nursing Home in January 2012, she noticed that medication prescribed had often not been dispensed.
She decided to try to introduce an improved system but claimed she had been told not to make an issue about tablets not having been dispensed.
On the allegation that she had consumed alcohol on 22 July 2012, Ms Mealy said she had a bout of diarrhoea and was unwell that day.
She said that whenever she socialised, she would have a pot of coffee.
Sarah Murray, clinical nurse manager, told the inquiry of an incident at the home on 22 August 2012.
After a medication round, she saw Ms Mealy had a black plastic bag tied to her medication trolley.
Ms Murray asked a cleaner to keep the bag back for later examination.
Along with Sean Kelly, the owner of the home, she looked into the bag later and it was found to have six cream packs mixed with medications, including drugs for heart conditions and pain relief.
There was nothing in the medical charts to show certain medications had not been given.
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