Wexford tragedy - Psychiatric care is failing those in need

THE tragic and horrific deaths of four people in the Co Wexford village of Monageer poses a number of questions — not least the need for 24-hour psychiatric and social support services — which we as a society can no longer afford to ignore.

We cannot allow the deaths of young Adrian and Ciara Dunne and their daughters Liane and Sheniah to merely become another in a long and ever-growing list of human tragedy.

Today the Irish Examiner — in our coverage of this awful event — poses a number of questions that must be answered in full by all the agencies involved in protecting the most vulnerable and needy in our society.