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THE FUNERAL OF two brothers who died in a family murder-suicide have taken place in Co Cork.
Willie, 66, and Paddy Hennessy, 60, were buried following a private funeral service in Mitchelstown.
Their brother, 59-year-old Johnny Hennessy, is believed to have killed them in an attack at the family home outside Mitchelstown last Friday.
He took his own life hours later.
His body was pulled from the River Funcheon by garda divers following a manhunt involving more than 50 officers.
His funeral took place on Wednesday.
Today, mourners attended the funeral for the brothers at Our Lady Conceived Without Sin.
Willie is survived by his sister Breda, brother-in-law Ned, nieces Elaine and Lisa, grandnephews Jack, Danny, Logan and Caleb and grandniece Halle.
Paddy is survived by his daughter Elaine and grandchildren Jack, Danny, Logan and Halle.
In an online funeral notice, it stated he is mourned by his daughter, her mother Stephanie, Paddy’s partner Kitty Russell and grandchildren.
The body of Paddy was found in the farmyard, and during a follow-up search the body of Willie was discovered in a shed nearby.
The discovery triggered a search for their brother Johnny, whose Toyota Corolla was missing from the property.
The garda air support unit later spotted Johnny’s body in the River Funcheon.
It was found in a remote location close to where his car had been discovered.
The Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission is carrying out an investigation into contacts between Johnny and gardai on Thursday.
Gardai had contacted him shortly before the murders took place after concerns were raised by a family member.
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Had not realised they had not yet provided a replacement mobility allowance for those who require it. Typical government not important as there are no votes in it…..
When it comes to the golden circle the wheels of government can spin very fast…when its the most vulnerable they barely turn at all.
Wonder will they change when they get a spanking on may 23..
Yet Water tax legislation sailed through in record time………………makes you wonder about priorities doesnt it?
It is a pity they would not cut their own mobility allowance as in travel claims just to attend the Dail, their place of work!
Government policy. The weak, the needy and feeble are shoved aside, and put at the back of the Q. Don’t forget the feeble minded weaklings who pretend to govern us subscribe to the Darwinian ethic of, ‘Only the strong survive’. In their world that means only the greedy and their corrupt underlings survive. We can be strong in ways that they will never know about. God Bless you all. Get up now and walk the walk and talk the talk.
Govts do not do planning or forward thinking. That would entail utilising brain cells. Totally alien concept to the powers that be!!!
Disgraceful Gov. has not catered for people with disabilities. Should it really matter if a person was diagnosed with a disability in the last few months as opposited to 13 months ago.
Gov Policy = Ageism and discrimination at its best.
unless they get told by the mafia bosses in brussels or the troika/IMF or the banks these lot in power couldn’t run a decent piss up on st paddys day
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