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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

‘She wouldn’t eat, she wouldn’t speak to me, she wouldn’t do anything for me’

THIS is one of the women at the centre of the House of Horrors controversy in Wexford, where a 58-year-old woman died weighing just four stone after months of starvation.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2006

Daughter was laughing as mother Evelyn was buried

THE daughter of Evelyn Joel laughed and joked as a priest prayed over her mother’s body in Wexford General Hospital, her brother claimed yesterday.

Fri, 13 Jan, 2006

State has to ensure tragic death won’t be repeated, says Harney

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney yesterday warned that the State had to ensure there was no repeat of the tragic death of a woman days after being found in a severely malnourished state in her daughter’s home.

Fri, 13 Jan, 2006

They never knew

THE family of the woman whose emaciated body was removed from her daughter’s house a week before her death yesterday said they had been unaware of her condition.

Thu, 12 Jan, 2006

No dignity even in death

Neglect and filth marked Evelyn Joel's passing, writes Catherine Shanahan.

Thu, 12 Jan, 2006

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