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Thu, 21 Apr, 2005

Suicide mother couldn’t get access to social worker

Neans McSweeney, Barntown, Co Wexford

Thu, 21 Apr, 2005

Tragic youngsters will be laid to rest in same grave

THE tiny white coffins containing the remains of four-year-old Michaela Grace and her three year-old sister, Abbi, will be placed side by side in the same grave at around noon today in a cemetery a mile from their home.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2005

Shock at devoted mother’s tragic act

EVEN in death, they were inseparable.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2005

Drowned mother reported by relative weeks ago

A YOUNG mother who drowned her two daughters before killing herself had been reported to social services in the last few weeks by a relative.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2005

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