O’Rorke ‘collapsed and screamed’ at assisted suicide charge

Gail O’Rorke said she collapsed and “screamed and screamed” after she was told she would be charged with assisting in the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde.

Last month, Ms O’Rorke, aged 43, from Tallaght, was acquitted of ordering a lethal dose of barbiturates from Mexico which were later taken by Ms Forde, aged 51, to end her life.

She was also found not guilty of “procuring” the suicide of her friend by helping to organise her funeral before her death and of attempting to help Ms Forde get to the Swiss euthanasia clinic Dignitas.