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

"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."

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

Slain brothers Eoghan and Ruairi Chada were curled up beside each other and looked like they were asleep when gardaí opened the boot of the car driven by their father Sanjeev.