Everyday squabble over screen time escalated into unspeakable tragedy

Conor, Darragh, and Carla with their father Andrew McGinley. Deirdre Morley, the mother of the three children found dead at their Co Dublin home, has appeared in court charged with their murder.

An everyday squabble over screen time escalated into an “unspeakable tragedy” — the killing of three young children in their family home, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Deirdre Morley, 44, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of her three “cherished, impeccably behaved” young children, Conor McGinley, 9, Darragh McGinley, 7, and Carla McGinley, 3, at their home in Parson’s Court, Newcastle, Co Dublin, on January 24, 2020.