Woman buries husband and brother after tragedy

Hilda Jordan yesterday did what no woman should ever have to as she buried her husband and brother within a matter of hours.

George Rothwell, 67, Hilda’s only brother, died from gunshot wounds last Wednesday at his home in Ballycormack House, outside Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.

Two hours later, the body of Hilda’s husband Michael Jordan, 51, who had shot Mr Rothwell, was discovered in a shed behind his home at Glenaharry, the adjoining farm to Mr Rothwell’s. Mr Jordan had taken his own life.