A report into the deaths of the Dunne family in Monageer, Co Wexford, last year is expected to be published in the coming weeks.

A long-delayed inquiry into the tragic deaths of a family of four in their Co Wexford home was today received by two Government ministers.

Health Minister Mary Harney is expected to receive an official report today into the death of the Dunne family in Co Wexford last year.

EIGHT years after Stephen Byrne drove the car containing his two sons and himself off Duncannon pier, three years after Sharon Grace drowned herself and her two daughters on a lonely stretch of Wexford coastline, and one year after the Dunne family were found dead in their house in Monageer, last weekend’s events in Clonroche have once again stunned the south-east.

THE independent team carrying out an inquiry into the tragic deaths of the Dunne family in Monageer has advertised for anyone who could be of assistance to come forward.

Minister for Children, Brendan Smith has published the terms of reference of the independent inquiry into the deaths of the Dunne family in Co Wexford last year.

An independent inquiry into the deaths of the Dunne family in Co Wexford last year is due to get underway today.

LONG-DELAYED plans to introduce 24-hour emergency care for at-risk children won’t be affected by the current recruitment freeze, say HSE bosses.

IN RECENT times Ireland has been forced to come to terms with the disturbing, increasing and under-reported phenomenon that is murder-suicide after a string of high-profile killings.

IT WOULD be too easy to react to the news that 10 weeks after the tragic deaths of the Dunne family in Wexford an internal Garda inquiry has not been completed by questioning Garda efficiency.

A WORKING group set up in the aftermath of the 2005 death of Sharon Grace and her two daughters, to look into the provision of out-of-hours social work care for at-risk families is expected to finish its report next month.

Lessons must be learned if the Dunne family tragedy is not to be repeated, writes Conor Ryan

Relatives of the young family found dead at their home in Co Wexford on Monday have agreed that their bodies be buried separately.

A disagreement has broken out over the funeral arrangements for the young couple found dead in their Co Wexford home on Monday along with their two daughters.

THEY were to be buried in their Liverpool tops and new Dora The Explorer denim jeans, little Leanne and Shania Dunne, in white coffins with pink stripes.

The Government has announced plans to set up an independent investigation into the deaths of a young couple and their two children in Co Wexford over the weekend.

Healthcare officials today insisted they were unaware of any risks for a family of four who were found dead in their home.

THE tragic and horrific deaths of four people in the Co Wexford village of Monageer poses a number of questions — not least the need for 24-hour psychiatric and social support services — which we as a society can no longer afford to ignore.

Two little girls and their parents may have lay dead in their family home for up to three days despite fears being raised for their safety, it emerged tonight.