Aileen Malone says her daughter’s death affected her family ‘on so many levels’ and led to another daughter developing drug dependency
Ms Malone said Dara started out using drugs recreationally in her early 20s, when she had a good job in IT, a steady boyfriend and “a nice life”.
She said “Amy” had a pre-existing mental illness and was now on a methadone treatment programme. Ms Malone also spoke about the difficulty in accessing services and said that “Amy” was “11 months asking” for methadone treatment and that five clinics “refused her time and time again” because of her dual diagnosis.
She said she and her husband Terry were focusing so much of their energies on their two daughters, that two other family members “were kind of neglected”. She said the “most painful thing” was seeing their daughters having been beaten up “a couple of times” because of drug debts.How drug debts are used to control Irish communities: ‘Men are forced to go to jail on someone’s behalf’“It is so painful to see your daughter with bruises or black eyes or very gingerly moving around,” she said. “It kills you because you know something awful has happened and that they have been badly threatened but you ask and they kind of shrug it off.
Gillian O’Donnell told the assembly that she was “born addicted to heroin” in the late 1970s as a result of her parents’ use.
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