Five family members found dead at house in Cavan

A joint funeral will be held for the Hawe family in Co Cavan on Saturday.

Alan Hawe was found dead along with his wife Clodagh and their children Liam, 13, Niall, 11, and Ryan, six, in the townland of Barconey near Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, on Monday morning.

It is believed that Alan Hawe killed his wife and children before taking his own life.

Hundreds of people paid their respects at the Lakelands Funeral Home in Co Cavan on Friday, where the family’s remains had been in repose.

The funeral service takes place in the afternoon at St Mary's Church, Castlerahan, and the family will be laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery.

The community of Ballyjamesduff in Co Cavan has been left devastated by the deaths of five members of the same family.

The bodies of Alan Hawe, his wife Clodagh and their three sons - Liam, Niall and Ryan - were discovered at the family home on Monday morning.

Gardaí are treating it as a suspected murder-suicide and said they are “not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident”.

Local councillor Brendan Smith described it as a "pure, pure tragedy."

Speaking to UTV, he said: "The family are in the area approximately 10 years.

"Both the parents and indeed the children play football in the local GAA club – they’re quite well known in the area.

"It’s total disbelief by the neighbours I’ve spoken to, they can’t get their heads around that something like this can happen.

"There’s a sense of disbelief and numbness in the people of the area over these five terrible deaths.”

The deaths of five family members, including three young children, at a house in Cavan are being treated as murder-suicide by gardaí.

The bodies of a man and woman and their three sons – aged 13, 11 and six – were found at the property at Oakdene Downs, Barconey in Ballyjamesduff on Monday morning.

Assistant Garda Commissioner John O’Driscoll said: “We're not looking for anybody else - we believe all the answers are within that house.

“The most likely scenario is that one person within that house may have caused the death of others.

“All the circumstances will be explored, that is the position.”

It is understood that the tragedy was discovered when the children failed to turn up for school and gardaí visited the house shortly before midday.

According to the assistant commissioner, there is no evidence that a gun was used.

“A number of objects that were found in the house are subject to technical examination," he added.

"But until that examination is complete, we are not in a position to say the precise cause of death."

Gardaí are investigating after the bodies of five members of a family were discovered at a house in Co Cavan.

A man in his 40s, his wife aged in her 30s and their three sons aged 13, 11 and six were found dead at the property in Oakdene, Barconey, Ballyjamesduff on Monday morning.

Irish police said: “The Garda investigation is ongoing but at this stage we are not looking for anyone else in relation to the deaths.”

There are no further details the moment.