Mum in murder-suicide probe buried today

The mother of a seven-year-old boy suspected of killing him before taking her own life will be buried in Co Mayo today almost 300km from her young son.

Sinead Higgins, aged 37, a qualified nurse who was living and working in England, is believed to have killed her son, Oisín, 7, before taking her own life at their home in Ruislip, West London, last month.

Her family gathered in her home village of Aughagower yesterday after her remains were returned from London and they will say their farewells at her funeral Mass at midday today.