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.

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.

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

A doctor on trial, charged with the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter by giving her too much sedative, has denied that a suicide note she wrote afterwards was acknowledgment that she caused the girl’s death, saying: ‘I had lost my reason for living’.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Gardaí in Tullamore have arrested a woman as part of their investigation into the murder of an 11-year-old girl more than two years ago.

Gardaí have released a woman they were questioning about the murder of an 11-year-old girl in County Offaly.

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.

Gardaí in Tullamore have arrested a woman as part of their investigation into the murder of an 11-year-old girl a year and a half ago.

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

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

Gardaí investigating the death of an 11 year old girl in Co Offaly are awaiting the results of toxicology tests, after a post mortem examination was inconclusive.

A Garda investigation is continuing this morning into the death of an 11-year old girl in County Offaly over the weekend.

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.