A father is to stand trial on charges of murdering 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 funerals of Ruairi and Eoghan Chada will take place in Co Carlow today.

The home where Eoghan, 10, and Ruairí, 5, Chada grew up was cordoned off yesterday by gardaí to ensure their grief stricken mother and her family and friends could mourn in private.

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).

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.

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.

Parents gathered together in little huddles and went in and out of Ballinkillen NS yesterday, to hear how best they can tell their own children about what happened to Eoghan and Ruairí Chada, while just a few hundred metres away Kathleen Chada was attempting to take in the enormity of her loss.

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.

Gardaí were last night waiting to question a man in connection with the death of his two children after a nationwide search for them.

Relatives were last night trying to comfort Kathleen Chada, the devastated mother of Eoghan, 10, and Ruairi, 5, whose bodies were discovered just hours after gardaí issued a major alert in a bid to establish their whereabouts.

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