“When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I see over the bed post is a blue and gold string. So you can imagine what it’s like in my house, can’t you?”

The family of three murder victims is in the process of making a submission for their loved ones’ murderer’s parole hearing.

The community in County Cavan is today struggling to come to terms with the death of the Hawe family in an apparent murder-suicide.

The brother of a woman who was killed on Christmas Day, along with her two daughters, has called on Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald to impose tougher prison sentences on murderers.

The mother of murdered Rachel O’Reilly has spoken of how she struggled with the will to keep on living after her daughter was murdered by her husband.

ALONG one of the busiest routes on the south coast of Ireland is one of the country’s most spectacular views.

HOLLYWOOD heart-throb George Clooney is a Kilkenny man.

STUDENTS at UCC have created a range of innovative food products. The products include Mílóir, a new spread that combines honey and cream cheese that can be used for dinner, lunch, snacking or as a dip.

A 23-year-old Kilkenny man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Central Criminal Court for the murders of a young mother and her two daughters last Christmas morning.

A teenager is among two people being questioned by detectives today over the deaths of a mother and her two young children in a Christmas Day house fire.

“THREE of the brightest lights in our family went out on Christmas morning,” said the brother of Sharon Whelan yesterday, the woman who was found dead with her two daughters after a house fire.

Hundreds of mourners today attended the funeral of a mother and her two daughters who were killed in a Christmas Day house fire.

The funerals of Sharon Whelan and her two daughters who died in a house fire in Kilkenny will take place today.

SEVEN days after they perished in the house they shared in an isolated part of Co Kilkenny, Sharon Whelan and her two daughters will be buried today in the same grave.

A private prayer service will be held in Kilkenny tonight for the mother and two daughters found dead following a fire at their home on Christmas Day.

Gardaí in Kilkenny are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a mother and her two daughters in a house fire on Christmas morning.

Detectives and fire authorities were keeping an open mind today on the cause of a Christmas Day house fire which claimed the lives of a mother and her two daughters.

Gardaí say they are keeping an open mind about the cause of a house fire that claimed the life of a mother and her two young daughters in Co Kilkenny.

IT IS a haunting image of two young sisters, full of life and excitement, enjoying a visit to Santa just days before they perished in a Christmas morning house fire.

A close-knit rural community was today coming to terms with the tragic deaths of a mother and her two young children in a Christmas Day house fire.

Forensic examinations are being carried out at the scene of a house fire which claimed the lives of three people in County Kilkenny yesterday morning.