Man held after discovery of ‘unreal’ murders

ONE of the worst multiple murders in the history of the state yesterday claimed the lives of a mother, her two young children and a friend.

A man who lived with one of the victims was arrested hours after the bodies were discovered in a rented house in Newcastle West.

The man, aged 31, from north Cork, was tracked to a pub in Kilkee, 130 kilometres from the murder scene, four hours after the grim discovery. He may have travelled to Co Clare on the Tarbert/Killimer car ferry.