'My children would be alive if campaigners were listened to': Dismay over familicide report

Una Butler with her daughter Ella in May 2010. Ms Butler was bitterly disappointed that the report did not contain mention of including the family in the care of mentally ill loved ones, while Andrew McGinley said that had Ms Butler been listened to following her children’s deaths, then his three children would still be alive today.

Parents of children who were killed by the parent's spouse say “failures” of a landmark report on familicide to adequately address mental ill-health leave families vulnerable to future tragedies.

Cork woman Una Butler, who contributed to the familicide review, was bitterly disappointed that it did not contain mention of including the family in the care of mentally ill loved ones.