murder-suicide

murder-suicide

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<p>The new study documents both the understandable devastation for those left behind but also the less known and dispiriting tasks they are expected to shoulder as well.</p>

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Cormac O’Keeffe: 'Forever' grief requires State support for life

Trauma and grief caused by domestic homicides are for life, according to a new study — and support for the bereaved should too be for life, writes Cormac O'Keeffe

<p>Solicitor John Cashel with Mary O'Sullivan and her daughter Catherine Houlihan issuing a statement after the inquest into the 2021 deaths of Eileen, Jamie, and Morris O'Sullivan. Picture: Noel Sweeney </p>

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Kerry murder-suicide victims' family reiterates call for checks on firearm holders

The call was made after the inquest into the deaths of Eileen, Jamie, and Morris O'Sullivan

<p>Una Butler with her daughter Ella in 2010. Ms Butler has been campaigning to make it mandatory for partners to be involved in the mental health treatment their partner receives in a relationship where there are children.</p>

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Campaigner Una Butler 'enraged' her views on mental health not included in study

Ms Butler also says she is “very disappointed” that the study does not contain any detailed references to filicide — where a parent kills a child

Hawe family inquest

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New mothers and pregnant women most likely to be killed by older male partners – study

Kanturk killings: Gardaí complete internal review

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Kanturk killings: Gardaí complete internal review

Eileen and Jamie O’Sullivan funeral

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Lixnaw murder-suicide victims' families criticise the lack of HSE supports

Senior garda appointed to review handling of third-party concerns in Cork murder-suicide

Senior garda appointed to review handling of third-party concerns in Cork murder-suicide

Gardaí are to examine how concerns are handled in the wake of the killing of Mark O'Sullivan near Kanturk by his brother and father. Concerns had been voiced to gardaí in the weeks before the incident.

Sat, 09 Apr, 2022

Kanturk killings: Inquest opens into murder-suicide that rocked a north Cork community

Kanturk killings: Bank Holiday tragedy that rocked a community

There is at least one internal Garda review ongoing into the events that led up to the deaths a year ago of Tadg, Mark and Diarmuid O’Sullivan in Kanturk over a land dispute.

Sun, 24 Oct, 2021

'Nothing has changed' since Ballycotton murder-suicide in 2010

'Nothing has changed' since Ballycotton murder-suicide in 2010

One year after the tragic and senseless deaths at a lonely farmhouse in Kanturk - has anything changed in how Ireland tackles the growing problem of familicide? Neil Michael reports

Sat, 23 Oct, 2021

Eileen and Jamie O’Sullivan funeral

Lixnaw remembers 'kind, gentle' Eileen and Jamie at funeral

Mourners hear tragic deaths of mother and son left local community 'lost for words'.

Mon, 20 Sep, 2021

Taoiseach: Firearms laws may need to be examined in wake of Lixnaw tragedy

Taoiseach: Firearms laws may need to be examined in wake of Lixnaw tragedy

It was the absence of Eileen out walking the family pet Henry which initially raised the alarm for neighbours

Thu, 09 Sep, 2021

Gardaí launch criminal investigation after double murder-suicide in Lixnaw

Gardaí launch criminal investigation after double murder-suicide in Lixnaw

Parish priest Fr Anthony O’Sullivan, who gave the family the Last Rites, said: 'I just can’t put into words what I saw and what I witnessed'

Wed, 08 Sep, 2021

Analysis: Family annihilators driven by issues with power and masculinity

Analysis: Family annihilators driven by issues with power and masculinity

Dr Ciara Staunton examines the underlying psychology and triggers behind familicide

Wed, 08 Sep, 2021

Kanturk killings inquest: 'Hold on, I’m going to get you help' mother told dying son

Kanturk killings inquest: 'Hold on, I’m going to get you help' mother told dying son

A jury has said that 25-year-old Mark O'Sullivan's death was unlawful and that his brother Diarmuid and father Tadg both took their own lives

Wed, 04 Aug, 2021

Kerry woman found dead with her husband and teenage sons in US

Kerry woman found dead with her husband and teenage sons in US

An Irishwoman is one of four members of a family who have died in a murder-suicide in the US.

Fri, 06 Mar, 2020

Treatment of depression could reduce murder-suicides

Treatment of depression could reduce murder-suicides

Even though murder-suicide remains incredibly rare, there are steps that can be taken to help mitigate the causes, argues Brendan Kelly.

Thu, 28 Sep, 2017

Novel tackles murder-suicide and its aftermath

Novel tackles murder-suicide and its aftermath

One of the first works of fiction to feature murder-suicide and its aftermath has just been published.

Fri, 07 Jul, 2017

Cavan murder-suicide: Father's note won't be made public

Cavan murder-suicide: Father's note won't be made public

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

Thu, 01 Sep, 2016

US man kills wife with chainsaw, then turns machine on himself

US man kills wife with chainsaw, then turns machine on himself

A Philadelphia man killed his wife with a chainsaw and then turned the machine on himself in a grisly murder-suicide, prosecutors said.

Fri, 03 Apr, 2015

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