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Gardaí, who is investigating an alleged murder-suicide in North Cork that left a father and two sons dead, is examining whether the attack may have been planned by two of those involved over a period of time. This follows the discovery of an apparent long and detailed suicide note about one of the deceased.
Gardaí found the note on the body of Diarmuid O’Sullivan (23) while investigating the death of his brother, Mark (26), at the family home near Castlemagner on Monday morning and the subsequent deaths of Diarmuid and his father, Tadhg (59) whose bodies were found in a field.
The note, which was a dozen pages long and tied to Diarmuid O’Sullivan’s thigh, is understood to suggest that both Diarmuid and his father had been planning to shoot Mark over a complaint they had regarding a proposed will dividing the 115 of the family. -acre farm.
According to informed sources, Gardaí is investigating whether O’Sullivan Snr and his son Diarmuid had planned for several days to shoot Mark, who had accompanied his mother to Dublin, where he underwent surgery earlier this month for a serious medical condition. .
Aggrieved
Mark O’Sullivan had sided with his mother, while Diarmuid O’Sullivan and his father were united in their opposition to the proposed will, the exact details of which are unclear other than Diarmuid O’Sullivan and his father were aggrieved by the way in which the testament was to be divided.
Ms. O’Sullivan (60), a nurse, and her son Mark returned to the family home on Sunday night after staying with relatives at Castlemagner for nearly two weeks after their discharge from the hospital.
O’Sullivan woke up around 6.40am Monday morning to hear gunshots and to discover that Mark had been shot in his bed. He fled the farm and headed to a neighbor’s house to raise the alarm, prompting a major Garda operation involving more than 100 Garda staff.
Gardaí arrived at the scene around 7.30 am and was informed by a neighbor that he had heard two shots some time before, and Gardaí believes that these shots may have been Mr. O’Sullivan Snr and his son Diarmuid who took their own lives near a strong fairy. four fields of the house.
It was unclear last night if the note found about Diarmuid O’Sullivan had been written in the approximately 50 minutes between his brother’s shooting death and his and his father’s deaths, or if it was prepared before the tragedy unfolded. On Monday in the morning.
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