‘We cannot heal until we know’ - Community rallies to help family

A leading psychiatrist has said the exact circumstances surrounding the murder-suicide of twins Paddy and Thomas O’Driscoll and their brother Jonathan needed to come to light before the stunned local community of Charleville could come to terms with what had happened.

“As soon as we have correct information about the sequence of events, about what exactly happened, that will help the doubting and the questions, and that will, in itself, help people to integrate and process what has happened,” Professor Patricia Casey, consultant psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital said.

“At the moment, some of it is speculation. As soon as people know what the story is, the story with the young boys, and particularly the older boy, that will help people to understand and come to terms with what has happened.”