Appeal for public help in double murder probe

A double murder investigation involving more than 50 gardaí got under way in Killorglin, Co Kerry, after autopsies confirmed a Lithuanian woman and her young daughter had died violently.

Gardaí renewed their appeal to the public to assist the full-scale probe into the brutal deaths of Jolanta Lubiene, 27, and her 8-year-old daughter, Enrika, whose bodies were found at their home in a Killorglin housing estate on Sunday night.

Both had severe stab wounds and a search for a murder weapon is continuing in the vicinity of the house they had been renting in Langford Downs, about 500m from the centre of Killorglin.