Grieving mothers vow to continue the fight for family role in psychiatric treatment

The campaign, which aims to try to prevent future tragedies, may be dashed as a government-appointed expert group advise against a change in the law in relation to family involvement and the doctor-patient relationship, writes Eoin English

BOTH mothers. Their lives torn apart by similar unimaginable tragedies. Both with the same plea for a change in the law they believe would spare other families their agonising heartache.

But it has emerged that the Government has accepted expert recommendations against changing the law.