The wife of a man jailed for life for the murder of their two young sons has obtained a High Court judgment of €77,690 against her husband over the deaths of the boys.

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Actors playing distraught relatives helped test emergency services to the limit during the first major Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) alert exercise in the Cork region.

A suicidal father who had taken the lives of his two sons was stopped from hanging himself by a motorist who forcefully struck him on the side of the head.

The jury at the inquest into the deaths of brothers Eoghan and Ruairi Chada has returned a verdict of unlawful killing for both boys.

Kathleen Chada has said she feels the presence of her murdered boys, Eoghan and Ruairi, with her, particularly in her own home.

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"How do I live with the knowledge of their last moments? How scared they must have been. Did they cry for me? Did they scream? Did they know what was happening?

"Sanj did not have to bury his children, I did. I stood by that graveside as two white coffins with my whole life in them were laid side by side — big boys now but always my babies."

Sanjeev Chada has been given two life sentences after pleading guilty to murdering his two sons in Co Mayo.

A man has pleaded guilty to murdering his two sons in Co Mayo last year.

The top earning criminal legal aid lawyer in the country, Frank Buttimer, said yesterday that if legal aid pay rates are reduced any further, it will become uneconomical for lawyers to provide a legal aid service.

A father is to stand trial on charges of murdering his two sons.

A 43-year-old man has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murders of his sons.

Sanjeev Chada appeared in court in Roscommon again today, charged with the murder of his two sons.

A father on suicide watch after being charged with the murder of his two sons appeared in court yesterday.

The book of evidence is expected to be served on Carlow father Sanjeev Chada when he appears in court again today.

A man charged with the murder of his two sons will be served with the book of evidence next month after appearing at Harristown District Court yesterday.

Last Sunday they were in their local church, full of excitement and energy as they helped their grandmother collect leaflets and tidy up; yesterday they were buried side by side in the graveyard outside as their mother Kathleen, other family, friends, and community looked on.

Two young brothers who were so close they shared a bed were buried side by side today as their father appeared in court charged with their murders.

The father of the two young boys found dead in a car in Co Mayo earlier this week has appeared in court in Co Roscommon.

The funerals of Ruairi and Eoghan Chada will take place in Co Carlow today.

A 43-year-old man appeared in court last night charged with the murder of his two schoolboy sons.

The father of two Co Carlow brothers has appeared in court charged with his sons' murders in Co Mayo.

Carlow man Sanjeev Chada is to appear before a special sitting of Swinford District Court at 9pm this evening charged in connection with the murders of his sons Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (5).

Gardaí are to resume questioning the father of two young brothers found dead in the boot of a car in Co Mayo this morning.

Gardaí are likely to seek charges today against Sanjeev Chada in connection with the murder of his children, Eoghan and Ruairi.

Community figures close to the extended Chada family in Co Carlow are perplexed at how Sanjeev Chada’s financial troubles may have triggered his extreme behaviour, ending in the death of his two children.

The two boys whose bodies were found in the boot of their father’s car are expected to be buried in their home village at the weekend.

The bodies of five-year-old Ruairi and 10-year-old Eoghan are being returned home to Ballinkillen near Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, for their funerals in the coming days.

Gardaí have arrested the father of two young Co Carlow brothers found dead in Co Mayo earlier this week.

Gardaí believe staff at petrol stations, shops, food outlets, and B&Bs may have spotted Sanjeev Chada or his car in the 20-hour period he went missing with his two sons.

Sanjeev Chada was “deeply loved” by his wife Kathleen, regarded locally as a friendly, gentle, quiet man who was extremely close to his two sons.

Postmortems have been carried out on the bodies of two young brothers who were reported missing from Carlow.

Detectives in two counties are investigating the deaths of two children found dead in a car driven by their father.

What initially looked like a single vehicle accident on a sunlit afternoon turned into something far more tragic within minutes of gardaí arriving at the scene outside Westport, Co Mayo.

Two children have died in a car accident after they went missing with their father.

Gardaí have issued the first alert on their emergency child rescue system after a father and his two young children disappeared.