Mr McGinley set up a YouTube channel called Conor’s Clips to fulfil a promise made to his late son that he would help him do so. I had already accepted that what happened was an act of insanity,” he said.ĭespite his terrible loss, he said that their home is “full of happy memories of the kids.”Īnd working to keep their memories alive is now his main focus. Speaking from their family home in Newcastle, Co Dublin, after the verdict, Mr McGinley said that the trial had been difficult but necessary. My message here and now to anyone who has a loved one in psychiatric care is to get in there as soon as you can to be added as an advocate for their treatment plan.”
“It is too late for us but I do not want to see another grieving parent speaking in the future about the same exclusion after a similar catastrophic loss. Over 60% of those people were known to have had previous contact with psychiatric services. “In the past 20 years over 50 children have died at the hands of one of their parents. And I won’t be the last grieving parent who has to talk about being excluded from the care and treatment of their loved ones. This, in turn, would have prevented the deaths of Conor, Darragh and Carla in our opinion. “The lessons which should have been learned from the sad loss of Ella and Zoe should have led to improvements in the Mental Health Act. “She campaigned and nothing has changed and here I am 10 years later with the loss of Conor, Darragh and Carla. His wife and the children’s mother Una Butler has been campaigning since for families to be involved in the psychiatric care of their mentally ill loved ones.
He referenced another tragic case in which John Butler killed his two young daughters, Ella and Zoe at their east Cork home and then took his own life in 2010. Mr McGinley wants changes to the Mental Health Act 2001 so that families can be more involved in the care of their loved ones. “I think had an inclusive approach been taken, Conor, Darragh and Carla would be alive today.”
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