Wexford couple may have formed murder-suicide pact

Gardaí are reportedly investigating the possibility that Co Wexford couple Adrian and Ciara may have agreed a suicide pact before killing their two young daughters over the weekend.

The couple and their children, Shania and Leanne, were found dead at their home in Monageer on Monday afternoon.

Reports this morning say there were no signs that 24-year-old Ciara put up a struggle before she was strangled.

She had also accompanied Adrian to a local undertaker last Friday to make funeral arrangements for the entire family.

Yesterday, the Government announced an inquiry into the case following revelations that the undertaker had contacted the authorities to express her concern, but the Gardaí and the HSE failed to prevent the tragedy.