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The bodies of a man & woman were found in a home near Lixnaw - and the body of another man found nearby.

Gardai are investigating after the bodies of three people were found at a home in North Kerry last night.

All three were found with gunshot wounds.

Tabitha Monahan reports:

"Gardai in Listowel attended the scene last night, where the bodies of a woman in her 60s and a man in his 20s were found inside the home.

The third body, a man in his 60s, was discovered at the back of the house.

Gardai say all three were found with gunshot wounds.

A firearm was recovered at the scene and the State pathologist and the Garda Technical Bureau have been contacted.

The scene is being preserved and Gardai say are not looking for any other person in relation to the incident."


Lixnaw parish priest, Fr. Anthony O'Sullivan, says he attended the scene late last night

On Wednesday afternoon, the three family members were named been named locally.

Eileen O'Sullivan and her 23 year old son Jamie were shot dead at their home in the townland Ballyreehan, near Lixnaw, last night.

The body of Eileen's partner, Mossie, was found in a nearby field alongside a shotgun shortly afterwards.

Parish priest Anthony O'Sullivan, who gave the family the last rites, says the community is in shock

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