Murder-suicide suspected in tragedy

A MOTHER found dead beside the battered bodies of her two young sons is believed to have killed the children before taking her own life.

Post-mortem examinations to be completed this morning are expected to confirm that Mary Keegan, 40, and her sons, Glen, 10, and Andrew, six, died in a murder-suicide that has stunned family and friends.

The three were found in the kitchen of their home at 39 Killakee Walk in the Firhouse area of south Co Dublin shortly before noon yesterday. It has not been disclosed how the fatal wounds were inflicted but a garda who inspected the site described it as “quite a scene”.