Patrick Quirke told Tusla: Mary Lowry has 'lost the run of herself' with new relationship

Patrick Quirke told a social worker that Mary Lowry was leaving her three children unsupervised for long periods at weekends and had "lost the run of herself" after becoming fixated on a new relationship, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Deirdre Caverley, giving evidence by video link from Boston, told prosecution counsel Michael Bowman SC that she worked for Tusla, the child and family agency, in 2011. On February 4 that year she received a call from Patrick Quirke expressing concern about Ms Lowry's three children.