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Muckamore Inquiry finds vulnerable adults suffered ‘systematic abuse’ with patients left ‘zombified’ by medication

Irish News

June 18, 2026

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Muckamore Inquiry finds vulnerable adults suffered ‘systematic abuse’ with patients left ‘zombified’ by medication

Almost a decade after complaints were first raised, the Muckamore Inquiry described years of failure to spot escalating peer on peer abuse, violence from staff and patients left ‘zombified’ by medication.

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