Overview

• Coroner Aisling Quilter concluded both deaths were suicides, noting Phyllis Gilbert’s stage‑four pancreatic cancer and evidence of prior planning.
• Chief State Pathologist Professor Linda Mulligan testified that toxicology showed both died after ingesting a poisonous substance.
• Gardaí called on November 14, 2021 found an A4 note on the door stating “All going to plan we should be dead,” with instructions to retrieve a key from a flowerpot.
• A tape recorder with two messages was recovered, including Tony Gilbert saying they had been “together in life” and intended to be “together in sleep.”
• The couple signed wills four days earlier with a solicitor who affirmed their competence, and they were found in separate beds with no signs of struggle.