The funerals of brothers-in-law George Rothwell and Michael Jordan will take place today following moving scenes last night.

The funerals of the two farmers killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Co Carlow on Wednesday are likely to be delayed after their bodies were only released last night to their families.

A joint wake will be held in Carlow today for two farmers found dead earlier this week.

The two Carlow farmers who died in an apparent midweek murder-suicide will be given a joint wake today in their native Bagenalstown.

Post mortem examinations will be carried out later on the bodies of two men who were found dead in Co Carlow yesterday morning.

A dispute over a plot of land appears to have resulted in a suspected murder-suicide among neighbouring in-laws in Co Carlow — and there may have been an exchange of fire.

One of George Rothwell’s beloved horses stopped in his tracks for a moment and stared out from one of the fields fronting the stately Ballycormick House.

he family of two brothers-in-law found dead on neighbouring farms in a suspected murder-suicide have been devastated and numbed by the tragedy, a local priest said.