Gardai treating Cavan tragedy as murder-suicide
The bodies of primary school deputy principal Alan Hawe, aged in his 40s, and his school teacher wife Clodagh, aged in her 30s, and their three sons were discovered at the house near Ballyjamesduff, in Co Cavan.
It is believed the husband and wife were found downstairs at Oakdene Downs in the townland of Barconey, while the boys - Liam, 13, Niall, 11, and Ryan, six - were upstairs in their bedrooms.
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Hide AdGarda assistant commissioner John O’Driscoll said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
“We believe all the answers are within that house - so therefore the most likely scenario is that one person in that house may have caused the death of the others,” he said.
“All the circumstances will be explored but as it stands at the moment that is the position.”
Mr Hawe, believed to be from Co Kilkenny originally, was deputy principal at nearby Castlerahan National School, which was due to start back after the summer break.
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Hide AdNiall and Ryan were both pupils at the school and the eldest boy Liam was a past pupil.