Deirdre Morley was found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering hers and her husband's three children Conor (9), Darragh (7) and Carla (3). Photograph: Andrew McGinley/ An Garda
Another community in Ireland was left devastated by the tragic deaths of family members in recent days.
Gardaí are treating the death of Krzysztof Daczkowski (50) and his daughter Julia Daczkowsa (5) in the Finglas area of north Dublin last weekend as a suspected murder-suicide. Their bodies were found by the girl’s mother last Saturday.
While the specifics of the case are not yet clear, whenever such tragic events occur one question is often asked: could it have been prevented?
Few people can understand the horror of your spouse killing your children. Andrew McGinley and Úna Butler are two of them.
Both believe their children would still be alive today if they had been more involved in their respective partners’ treatment for mental ill health.
In 2021, Mr McGinley’s wife Deirdre Morley, a paediatric nurse, was found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering their three children Conor (9), Darragh (7) and Carla (3) at the family home in Newcastle, west Dublin, on January 24th, 2020.
She had been receiving treatment for mental illness at the time and attempted to take her own life after she killed her children.
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