Taoiseach: Firearms laws may need to be examined in wake of Lixnaw tragedy

It was the absence of Eileen out walking the family pet Henry which initially raised the alarm for neighbours 

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: "These are devastating events, and the enormity of them are quite shocking." Pictures: Neil Michael

The Taoiseach has expressed his sympathies to the victims of the Lixnaw murder-suicide.

Speaking at the Fianna Fáil think-in in Cavan, Micheál Martin said that while he did not wish to preempt the investigation into the deaths Mossie, Eileen and Jamie O'Sullivan, he believed that there may need to be some examination of firearms laws.