Senior garda appointed to review handling of third-party concerns in Cork murder-suicide

Gardaí are to examine how concerns are handled in the wake of the killing of Mark O'Sullivan near Kanturk by his brother and father. Concerns had been voiced to gardaí in the weeks before the incident.

Mark O'Sullivan was found dead in his room at the family home on October 26, 2020, after being shot seven times by his brother Diarmuid and father Tadg. They later took their own lives. 

A senior garda has been appointed to conduct a review of garda protocols for dealing with third-party concerns about the potential for violence following the deaths of a Cork father and his two sons in October 2020.

An Garda Síochána has confirmed to the Irish Examiner that a senior officer from outside the Cork North garda division has been appointed “to conduct a review into this matter”.