Kerry murder-suicide victims' family reiterates call for checks on firearm holders

The call was made after the inquest into the deaths of Eileen, Jamie, and Morris O'Sullivan

Solicitor John Cashel with Mary O'Sullivan and her daughter Catherine Houlihan issuing a statement after the inquest into the 2021 deaths of Eileen, Jamie, and Morris O'Sullivan. Picture: Noel Sweeney

The family of a woman and her son who were shot by her partner in Lixnaw, Co Kerry, in 2021, have reiterated their call for gardaí to check that licensed firearms holders still need their weapons.

Mary O’Sullivan said in a statement read out by her solicitor John Cashel that she believes there needs to be changes to the licensing system.