Cobh: A community in mourning after stabbings

TO A TOURIST, the subdued mood in the seaport town of Cobh probably seemed no more than a dose of the post-Christmas blues, but for locals the picture was far darker.

Cobh: A community in mourning after stabbings

In an estate high above the town, a lone garda stood sentry outside the gates of a two-storey house where a husband and wife lost their lives in an apparent murder-suicide last Monday.

To add to the tragedy, Michelle Greaney, the 22-year-old daughter of the victims, Michael and Valerie Greaney, remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

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