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Gardaí is investigating the death of a father and his two sons in what they believe was a murder-suicide and hopes Tuesday’s post-mortem exams will help them establish what exactly happened to the family at their home in North Cork.
Gardaí described the incident, which claimed the lives of Tadhg O’Sullivan (59) and his two sons, Mark (26) and Diarmuid (23), as a terrible tragedy as family members consoled Mr. O ‘widow last night. Sullivan, Anne (60) who had just left the hospital after surgery.
Gardaí say they are keeping an open mind about what led to the tragedy, but say they are investigating whether the shootings may have been related to a dispute over a will that would have caused Diarmuid to lose part of the family farm in Castlemagner, nearby. by Kanturk. .
The farmhouse, where the body of Mark O’Sullivan was found in an upstairs room, was declared the scene of the crime and cordoned off by Gardaí yesterday, while Gardaí also cordoned off a field where the bodies of Tadhg and Diarmuid were found along with two rifles .
Assistant state pathologist Dr. Margot Bolster arrived at the scene around 5:30 pm and conducted a preliminary examination of the bodies.
The Gardaí also requested the services of the Garda Technical Bureau from Dublin, and ballistics experts traveled to Kanturk to conduct examinations of the two rifles found alongside Tadhg and Diarmuid O’Sullivan to see if one or both weapons were used to shoot Mark O ‘Sullivan. .
Single shot
The Gardaí will await the results of Dr. Bolster’s autopsies at Cork University Hospital to establish how many times Mark O’Sullivan was shot, but the first clues were that Tadhg and Diarmuid O’Sullivan suffered wounds from a single gunshot.
“We will have to wait for the autopsy results, but it is possible that Mark suffered more than one gunshot wound, while on preliminary examination it would appear that Tadhg and Diarmuid suffered only one gunshot wound each,” Garda said. source.
“But we need to see the autopsy results and the forensic and ballistic test results of the two rifles to establish whether each shot itself or shot each other or if one person shot the other and then hit a threw. that has everything yet to be determined. “
Superintendent Adrian Gamble of the North Cork Division then appealed at a press conference in Kanturk that anyone who might have any information that might assist in investigating the incidents to contact the investigating gardaí at Mallow Garda station on 022 -31450.
Gardaí, under the command of Chief Superintendent Tom Myers of the North Cork Division, appointed a Family Liaison Officer to liaise with Ms O’Sullivan, who was being comforted by friends and neighbors.
Tadhg O’Sullivan was originally from Roskeen, between Mallow and Kanturk, and had married on the farm, but never farmed or worked on the 150-acre farm. Instead, he was hired as a mechanic at Greenhall Motors in Buttevant, about 15 km away.
Get angry
Mark O’Sullivan graduated from University College Cork with a law degree and was working as a practicing attorney, while his brother had just graduated from business and financial management. It is understood that he started working in the area. He had worked part-time at a local hardware store in Kanturk while studying and it is understood that he had recently become quite angry and offended and worried that he would not inherit a part of the farm, which is described as good farmland.
The property northeast of Kanturk had been leased to neighboring farmers for the past 30 years since Ms. O’Sullivan’s father died.
Local Fine Gael Councilor John Paul O’Shea of nearby Lombardstown said that when news began to emerge Monday morning and afternoon, people in Castlemagner and Kanturk were shocked to find that such a terrible tragedy it was happening at his door.
“There is a total sense of disbelief,” he said. “The exact details of the case need to be confirmed, but it is obviously a tight-knit community in Castlemagner, so the confirmation that three people had passed away is very tragic and has been greeted with a real sense of grief and loss in the area.
Gardaí was alerted to a shooting in Assolas near Kanturk, Co Cork, around 6.30am on Monday, which left Diarmaid O’Sullivan (23, left), his father Tadhg O’Sullivan (59) and another son, Mark (26). , right) died on the family farm.
“It will be very difficult for people to accept, but I have no doubt that the people of Castlemagner will come together and support the family.”
Justice Minister Helen McEntee expressed her condolences to “all those affected by this tragic and disturbing incident.”
“I want to thank the gardaí and other emergency services who attended the scene,” he said.
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