Gardaí visited 5 days after first warning

GARDAÍ were first notified of concerns about the Dunne family on April 18, at least three days before they died, but no member of the force called to the door until April 23.

The first notification took place when a funeral director in New Ross rang an officer known to her, identified as Garda A, and informed him of an unusual call she had from a man wanting to pre-plan his family’s funeral.

She only had the man’s first name, Adrian, and scant details about his location, and of his brother’s suicide, none of which were sufficient to identify him to Garda A who asked for a typed copy of the instructions she’d received.