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State Pathologist Marie Cassidy to retire

  • 07-09-2018 2:36pm
    #1
    Perspective Sixer
    Site Banned Posts: 1 ✭


    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.


Comments

  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,412 ✭✭✭✭endacl


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


  • #3
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Would ya though?


  • #4
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Marie? I've been calling her Máire for years


  • #5
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


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


  • #6
    bennyineire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,504 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    Marie for President


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  • #7
    Giraffe Box
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭Giraffe Box


    bennyineire wrote: »
    Marie for President

    Over my dead body!


  • #8
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭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...


  • #9
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    Giraffe Box wrote: »
    Over my dead body!

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


  • #10
    per aspera ad astra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭per aspera ad astra


    Who was before her, does anybody remember?


  • #11
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭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..."

    image.jpg


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  • #12
    per aspera ad astra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭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...


  • #13
    JPCN1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭JPCN1


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


  • #14
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,807 ✭✭✭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).


  • #15
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭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"


  • #16
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Giraffe Box wrote: »
    Over my dead body!

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


  • #17
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #18
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭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!


  • #19
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #20
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


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

    May Marie have an enjoyable retirement


  • #21
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭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 :(


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  • #22
    McMurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭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 :confused:


  • #23
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    What would a state pathologist know about sheet metal working :confused:

    you'd be surprised!

    His slideshow of murder wounds was macabre but so interesting


  • #24
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Has anyone informed her?


  • #25
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,084 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Rigor, anyone?

    Not your ornery onager



  • #26
    Well Hi
    Site Banned Posts: 8 ✭Well Hi


    Best of luck Marie:).


  • #27
    Owl.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭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.


  • #28
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


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


  • #29
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭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.............


  • #30
    badtoro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 482 ✭✭badtoro


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    "The state pathologist, Dr John Harbison arrived at the scene this morning..."

    image.jpg

    With his big black case in tow.


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  • #31
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭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.


  • #32
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    too soon.............

    Whatever that means.....


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