Woman accused of aiding person to take their life

A woman is to go on trial accused of assisting someone in taking their own life by helping them obtain and take a toxic substance.

Gail O’Rorke, aged 43, of Kilclare Gardens, Tallaght, has pleaded not guilty to aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the suicide of Bernadette Ford, aged 51, by helping her to procure and administer a toxic substance between April 20, 2011, and June 6, 2011, at a location in Dublin.

A jury of six men and six women were empanelled yesterday at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.