Carlow farmers to receive a joint wake

The two Carlow farmers who died in an apparent midweek murder-suicide will be given a joint wake today in their native Bagenalstown.

The development comes as gardaí recovered a second shotgun, suspected of being the murder weapon used by Michael Jordan in shooting his brother-in-law George Rothwell.

The body of Mr Rothwell, 71, was found in the kitchen of his sprawling home at Ballycormick at 7am on Wednesday after the fire brigade spent four hours tackling an intense fire which engulfed three large sheds adjacent to his home.