How a WhatsApp message told an Irish family that their mother had died by assisted suicide

Cavan based woman Maureen Slough travelled to Switzerland, not for a holiday but to die by assisted suicide at the Pegasos Clinic. Her family only learnt of her death via a WhatsApp message. One month later her daughter Megan tells of her shock, grief and why she is still begging for answers about her mother’s death.

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Host: Kevin Doyle                          Guests: Megan Royal & Conor Feehan

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You can read more on Conor Feehan’s coverage of this story

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‘We found out from a WhatsApp that my mother had died by assisted suicide’ – family of Cavan woman tell of shock

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