Farmers’ funerals delayed as probe continues

The funerals of the two farmers killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Co Carlow on Wednesday are likely to be delayed after their bodies were only released last night to their families.

Michael Jordan, 51, was due to be buried in Bagenalstown after funeral Mass in his local parish church today, while the brother-in-law he is believed to have shot dead before hanging himself, George Rothwell, 71, was also to be buried after a funeral service in the Church of Ireland.

However, forensic examinations of the scene where the fatal shooting occurred at Mr Rothwell’s house took longer than expected and the bodies were only removed from Naas General Hospital last night.