Deirdre Morley committed to Central Mental Hospital after killing her three children

Ms Morley was found not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of her three children

Deirdre Morley's defence counsel had told the jury that the "tragic irony" was that the accused was someone who had committed her entire professional life to the care of children as a paediatric nurse. Photo: Family Handout

Paediatric nurse Deirdre Morley, who smothered her three young children at their family home and was found not guilty of their murders by reason of insanity, has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) today.

A Central Criminal Court judge made the order this morning, nearly three weeks after a jury returned the special verdicts following the trial of the 44-year-old highly trained clinical nurse.