5 years on, Monageer ‘could happen again’

It was the tragic murder/suicide of a young family that horrified the nation.

5 years on, Monageer ‘could happen again’

But more than five years on from the deaths of Adrian Dunne, his wife Ciara, and their daughters Shania, three, and Leanne, five, there are still not enough safeguards in place to prevent similar tragedies striking again.

That claim is made in a new TV documentary, which highlights the fact that the foremost recommendation from the Monageer inquiry, namely that an out-of-hours social work service be provided, has yet to be implemented. Tonight’s episode of Scannal on TG4 reflects on the days building up to Apr 23, 2007, when the bodies of the Dunne family were discovered in their home in Monageer, Co Wexford.

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