Girl, 2, saw grandfather stab her parents before fatally injuring himself, inquest hears

Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard that Virgil Gherghel was annoyed that his wife was working in a nursing home as he felt she could earn more money if she worked with him in a cleaning contract firm. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

A man stabbed his daughter and son-in-law in a row in their family home in Dublin before fatally injuring himself in an incident witnessed by his two-year-old granddaughter, an inquest has heard.

Virgil Gherghel (46) was pronounced dead in hospital from a self-inflicted wound to his chest at his home in Ashfield Park, Huntstown on October 4, 2021.