Locals 'numb' at deaths of farmers

The family of two brothers-in-law found dead on neighbouring farms in a suspected murder-suicide have been devastated and numbed by the tragedy, a local priest said.

Firefighters called to a huge blaze at haysheds at Ballycormac, near Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, in the early hours of this morning found the body of one of the victims after a four-hour battle to bring the fire under control.