Suburban serenity belies savagery of fatal attack

THERE wasn’t the slightest sign of the appalling violence that had taken place just over two days ago. A small white gate gave way on one side to a tall rose bush and shrubs, and on the other side to a hedge.

The neat driveway led to a small green van and behind that a red car.

Two white butterflies fluttered over where Oliver Lacey had slumped. The pretty bungalow, in a settled middle class area in scenic Leixlip, Co Kildare, did not fit the location for senseless violence.