Witnesses recount events around east Cork deaths of two girls and father

The Coroner's Court has heard how a 43-year-old man killed his young daughters before deliberately crashing his car in east Cork, and taking his own life.

Witnesses recount events around east Cork deaths of two girls and father

The Coroner's Court has heard how a 43-year-old man killed his young daughters before deliberately crashing his car in east Cork, and taking his own life.

John Butler had been suffering from depression in the months before the incident near Ballycotton in last November.

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