Couple socialised on night of double killing

A couple found shot in an apparent murder-suicide in a Carlow B&B spent the previous night socialising in the pub across the road.

The landlords of the pub, the Stonehaven Lounge and Market House Bar, also run the Stonehaven B&B where the couple were staying.

They were named locally last night as John Deegan from the Ballycumber area in Co Offaly and Deirdre Keegan from Naas in Co Kildare. Gardaí believe the couple were separated from other people but in a relationship together.