Tragic Flood family to be buried together

A family, killed in a suspected murder-suicide, are to be buried together today.

The village of Clonroche, Co Wexford, is expected to come to a standstill as Diarmuid Flood, his wife, Lorraine, and their young children, Mark and Julie, are laid to rest.

The remains of all four were removed to St Clement’s Church in Cloughbawn last night.

They were found dead last Saturday after a fire tore through their Co Wexford home.

Post-mortem examination results showed both parents died from a single gunshot wound while tests on six-year-old Mark and Julie, five, proved inconclusive.

Mr Flood, 41, a well-known businessman, had been shot in the head and died where the fire started.

His 38-year-old wife, a former beauty queen, had been shot in the chest and was found dead in the couple’s bedroom.

Her injury was not self-inflicted, while Mr Flood’s may or may not have been, gardaí said.

Their children suffered injuries consistent with a fire, but it did not cause their death.

Toxicology tests, which could take weeks, are being carried out to find out if they were drugged.