Carthy ‘eager to return to work and get on with life’

THE last doctor to see John Carthy alive found him eager to return to work and get on with his life after coming through a renewed bout of manic depression.

Dr Gerard Meagher told the Barr Tribunal yesterday that Mr Carthy came to him on March 20, 2000 - exactly a month before his death - for a renewal of a prescription and a final sick cert that would cover him until he returned to work a short time later.

Dr Meagher was in practice with Mr Carthy’s regular GP, Dr Patrick Cullen, at Coole, Co Westmeath, at the time. He did not know Mr Carthy very well but said he seemed “quite well”.