Person: Bernadette Scully

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A culture that labels those with disabilities as 'severe' or 'profound' is inhuman

Underfunded services are not the only problem. Worse is a culture that labels people as ‘severe’ or ‘profound’, or something similarly dehumanising, says Paddy Connolly.

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Evening briefing: Homeless activists take over disused office building in Sligo town. Catch up on all the headlines

It’s shameful that no one cares about the carers at Christmas

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We need to help little birds with broken wings, like Emily, fly again

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Bernadette Scully trial highlights discrimination against disabilities

Bernadette Scully Verdict: GP cleared of killing disabled daughter pleads for help for parents

The GP cleared of killing her profoundly disabled daughter with an overdose of medicine has pleaded for help for other parents who struggle to care for their vulnerable children.

Sun, 18 Dec, 2016

Bernadette Scully verdict: Gasps and tears in court as GP cleared of manslaughter

Jury takes just four hours to find doctor not guilty of manslaughter of disabled child, writes Natasha Reid

Sat, 17 Dec, 2016

Bernadette Scully verdict: Case highlights plight of many family carers

Tom Curran, partner of the late right-to-die campaigner Marie Fleming, reveals the struggles of caring for a loved one and the lack of help from the State.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2016

No winners but case must drive change

THE over-riding response to the verdict returned in the trial of doctor Bernadette Scully, who was found not guilty of her 11-year-old daughter Emily Barut’s manslaughter yesterday, must be a combination of profound relief, support and heartfelt sympathy.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2016

Acquitted Offaly GP urges people to reach out as she describes 'dark place of considering self-harm'

The Offaly GP, Bernadette Scully, has used her post-verdict statement to highlight the absence of services for people with disabilities and to urge those in danger of self harming to reach out for help.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2016

Evening briefing: 'Hard-pressed' landlords threaten to impose new charges. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Fri, 16 Dec, 2016

Lunchtime briefing: Aleppo evacuations suspended after shots fired at convoy. Catch up on the headlines

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2016

Jury to begin deliberating today in Offaly GP trial

A jury will begin deliberating this morning in the trial of a doctor, charged with the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter by giving her too much sedative.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2016

Morning briefing: No chief for new Armed Support Unit in Dublin. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2016

Prosecutor: Scully broke all rules by giving daughter too much sedative

The prosecutor in the trial of a doctor charged with the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter has said Bernadette Scully broke all the rules by giving her child too much sedative.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2016

Doctor ‘gave her daughter 100% care’

A doctor charged with the manslaughter of her disabled daughter gave her child “100% plus” care but was finding it difficult to keep going, a leading consultant nurse told her trial today.

Sat, 10 Dec, 2016

Manslaughter trial hears Offaly GP Bernadette Scully was 'devoted' to her daughter

A medical expert has told the trial of an Offaly GP accused of killing her severely disabled daughter that she was "devoted" to her.

Fri, 09 Dec, 2016

GP tells of lead up to death of her child

A mother on trial, charged with unlawfully killing her daughter by giving her too much sedative, yesterday spoke of the moments leading up to her child’s death.

Thu, 08 Dec, 2016

Gardaí not ‘blinkered’ about girl’s cause of death

An inspector has told the trial of a doctor accused of the manslaughter of her daughter, by giving her too much sedative, that investigating gardaí had not been “blinkered” about that being the only possible cause of death.

Wed, 07 Dec, 2016

‘I didn’t make a conscious decision to take Emily out of this world’

A doctor accused of the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter said she did not make a conscious decision to take the 11-year-old “out of this world” when she gave her too much sedative.

Tue, 06 Dec, 2016

Offaly GP accused of killing daughter admitted giving too much sedative after she woke screaming

An Offaly GP accused of killing her severely disabled daughter admitted giving her too much of the sedative Chloral hydrate.

Mon, 05 Dec, 2016

‘Emily was screaming and crying’

A woman accused of the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter told gardaí that she was a “demented mother with a screaming child” that morning.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2016

GP accused of killing her daughter tried to drown herself, court hears

The trial of an Offaly GP accused of killing her daughter has heard she tried to drown herself after she knew the 11-year-old had passed away.

Fri, 02 Dec, 2016

‘Emily was her No 1 priority... I don’t think she saw her life without Emily’

The partner of a woman on trial, charged with the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter, has given evidence of his horror at finding the 11-year-old cold in her bed and being unable to wake her mother.

Thu, 01 Dec, 2016

Sister of Offaly GP accused of manslaughter says she was 'devoted, selfless and caring mother'

The partner of an Offaly GP accused of killing her 11-year-old daughter has told her trial that she would never have hurt her child.

Wed, 30 Nov, 2016

GP gave disabled daughter toxic dose of sedative, trial told

A manslaughter trial has been told that an Offaly GP gave her 11-year-old, disabled daughter a toxic level of a sedative before taking an overdose herself.

Wed, 30 Nov, 2016

Woman gave daughter 'toxic level' of sedative, manslaughter trial hears

A manslaughter trial has been told that an Offally GP gave her 11-year-old, disabled daughter a toxic level of a sedative before taking an overdose herself.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2016

GP charged with the murder of daughter

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of her 11-year-old daughter in 2012.

Tue, 13 Jan, 2015

Court charges mother with murder of daughter, 11, in 2012

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of her daughter in Co. Offaly.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2015

Charges expected after woman held in connection with murder of girl

Gardaí were last night moving towards charging a woman in connection with the murder of an 11-year-old girl in Tullamore, Co Offaly, over 18 months ago.

Tue, 08 Apr, 2014

10-day wait for tests on girl

It could take up to 10 days before gardaí get the results of toxicological tests carried out on 11-year-old Emily Barut.

Tue, 18 Sep, 2012

Post-mortem on Offaly child 'inconclusive'

The post-mortem on the 11-year-old Offaly girl found dead in her home on Saturday has proved inconclusive.

Mon, 17 Sep, 2012

GP to be quizzed over death

Gardaí are waiting to question the mother of a severely disabled girl who died in suspicious circumstances at her home in Tullamore, Co Offaly, over the weekend.

Mon, 17 Sep, 2012