Tragic cases force us to face under-reported murder-suicide

IN RECENT times Ireland has been forced to come to terms with the disturbing, increasing and under-reported phenomenon that is murder-suicide after a string of high-profile killings.

This year alone, Cork woman Eileen Murphy took her own life when she jumped off the 647-foot high Cliffs of Moher clutching her son Evan, 4. They both died.

Two months later, in April, Adrian and Ciara Dunne were found dead at their home in Monageer, Co Wexford, along with the bodies of their young children who had been smothered.