Mother and two kids killed in Athlone

The bodies of a mother and her two children have been discovered in a house in Castledaly, a small village just outside Athlone in Co Westmeath.

The bodies of a mother and her two boys, aged eight and nine, have been discovered in a house in Castledaly, a small village just outside Athlone in Co Westmeath.

The father of the family, who is in his 30s, was also seriously injured.