Kerry murder-suicide: Picture emerges of Mossie O'Sullivan's mindset 

Flowers pictured at the O'Sullivan home in Lixnaw, Co Kerry. Picture: Domnick Walsh 

A picture of what may have been on Mossie O'Sullivan's mind in the run-up to murdering his family in rural Kerry earlier this week has slowly begun to emerge.

Just weeks before the 63-year-old killed his long-term partner Eileen, 56, and his son Jamie, 24, at their home in the north of the county, he told friends he was worried about his health.