State Pathologist Marie Cassidy to retire

Perspective Sixer

The State Pathologist since 2004, Marie Cassidy, is due to retire after 21 years in the Office of the State Pathologist.

I met her once at a lecture. She's absolutely brilliant at what she does. It's hard to imagine what she's seen over the years.

I heard that she goes out of her way to comfort victim's relatives. She waits after court/coroner’s inquest to meet grieving relatives and answers any question.

I wish her a long and happy retirement.

Thanks Marie.

endacl

Not an easy job. Best of luck to her in the future.

Your Face

Would ya though?

riffmongous

Marie? I've been calling her Máire for years

freshpopcorn

She'll announce next she's going to be a contestant on Dancing with the Stars 2019!

bennyineire

Marie for President

Giraffe Box

bennyineire wrote: »

Marie for President

Over my dead body!

TomOnBoard

She certainly brought style and sex-appeal to your average bloodbath. It was often difficult to hear an RTE reporter speak of a grisly murder and then this blonde bombshell arrived on scene... I suspect Marie inspired more than one CSI episode with an intelligent dolly-bird showing up the moronic male detectives' lack of intuition and general smarts.

Well done, Marie. Looking forward to seeing you in leather and stilettos on Dancing with Stars...

TomOnBoard

Giraffe Box wrote: »

Over my dead body!

That'll give her something to do in retirement...

per aspera ad astra

Who was before her, does anybody remember?

Yer Da sells Avon

per aspera ad astra wrote: »

Who was before her, does anybody remember?

"The state pathologist, Dr John Harbison arrived at the scene this morning..."

per aspera ad astra

Cool looking dude! I thought I'd recognise the name – but I don't. I guess I'm not as old as I think I am...

JPCN1

Very best to her. Great fun and a very decent person.

Badly Drunk Boy

riffmongous wrote: »

Marie? I've been calling her Máire for years

She's Scottish, not Irish, although her grandparents were from Donegal. The closest Scots Gaelic name is Máiri (I think).

Yer Da sells Avon

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

She's Scottish, not Irish, although her grandparents were from Donegal. The closest Scots Gaelic name is Máiri (I think).

She was an advisor on the TV series Taggart.

"There's bin a murder"

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Giraffe Box wrote: »

Over my dead body!

I think we need to do a post mortem on this position.

Posy

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

"The state pathologist, Dr John Harbison arrived at the scene this morning..."

God that brings back many a news broadcast!

TomOnBoard

Posy wrote: »

God that brings back many a news broadcast!

And little did we know at the time that he couldn't remember why he was even there!

Capt'n Midnight

Scary job. Lots of criminal trials depend on them.

Dr Jim O'Donovan who was the senior forensic scientist here had a bomb explode in his car.

Try_harder

Was at a lecture given by Dr Harbison, it was riveting.

May Marie have an enjoyable retirement

Rubberlegs

Best of luck to her! I was going to listen to her give a talk in a local hotel years ago but it was cancelled due to her being called to the scene of a murder. I was so disappointed but duty called for her. The opportunity never arose again

McMurphy

Try_harder wrote: »

Was at a lecture given by Dr Harbison, it was riveting.

May Marie have an enjoyable retirement

What would a state pathologist know about sheet metal working

Try_harder

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

What would a state pathologist know about sheet metal working

you'd be surprised!

His slideshow of murder wounds was macabre but so interesting

NIMAN

Has anyone informed her?

Esel

Rigor, anyone?

Well Hi

Best of luck Marie:).

Owl.

Best of luck to her. It takes a special type of person to do that job. I wouldn't even like to imagine some of the things she's seen.

Yer Da sells Avon

There used to be a death metal band called 'The State Pathologist, Dr John Harbison'.

Poor Uncle Tom

TomOnBoard wrote: »

And little did we know at the time that he couldn't remember why he was even there!

too soon.............

badtoro

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

"The state pathologist, Dr John Harbison arrived at the scene this morning..."

With his big black case in tow.

Yer Da sells Avon

badtoro wrote: »

With his big black case in tow.

...as locals struggle to come to terms with the tragic events that have rocked their close-knit community.

TomOnBoard

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

too soon.............

Whatever that means.....