‘The Pain is killing us’

GARDAÍ have launched a murder investigation after a young Kildare mother was stabbed to death in her bed following a domestic row.

The heartbroken family of the dead woman described how they faced burying a second sister, following the death of another sibling some years ago.

The body of the 31-year-old, named locally as Breda Cummins, was found by gardaí in the upstairs room of a house in the Michael Dooley Terrace estate in Athy.

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