Two years ago, Alan Hawe killed his wife, Clodagh, and their three sons. Now Clodagh’s mother and sister want a fresh inquiry to give insight into such acts, says Paul Gilligan Two years ago, Alan Hawe killed his wife, Clodagh, and their three sons. Now Clodagh’s mother and sister want a fresh inquiry to give insight into such acts, says Paul Gilligan.

The family of Clodagh Hawe, who, along with her three children, was murdered by her husband Alan, have called for a fresh inquiry into the atrocity.

The remains of Alan Hawe, who murdered his wife and children before taking his own life last summer, were exhumed yesterday from the grave he shared with his victims in Cavan.

A suspected murder-suicide note left by Alan Hawe “could contain nothing or could contain everything”, garda sources have said writes Cormac O'Keefe.