Report criticises Central Mental Hospital building as 'unsuitable'
A number of reports about psychiatric hospitals across the country have been released by the Mental Health Commission today.
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A report into conditions at the Central Mental Hospital last year described it as “unsuitable”.
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John Gallagher had been found guilty of the murder of a mother and daughter on the grounds of Sligo General Hospital. He had been living in Strabane in Tyrone.
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Gallagher recently turned himself in after absconding from the Central Mental Hospital 12 years ago.
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Depressive disorders accounted for almost one in three admissions, as unskilled workers remain the most likely group to be admitted.
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Patients will be transferred to a larger, more modern, hospital in Portrane.
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Dragos Nica stabbed Michael Gannon while he babysat his grandchildren.
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Garda Donal Maguire was found not guilty by reason of insanity last month.
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The woman’s son said he accepts the patient has a mental illness but said he will “never forgive him for what he did to my mother”.
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32-year-old Fionn Braidwood stabbed his mother to death at the family home in Dublin in January 2015.
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The victim was hospitalised after suffering serious injuries during the incident earlier this month.
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During his trial, the jury heard the man punched his partner in the face, stuffed underwear in her mouth and gouged her eyes with his thumbs.
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The offences included two homicides, possession of a firearm and three counts of false imprisonment.
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The case was put back to November for a possible retrial.
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