Four found dead in Co Limerick house

Goldenegg

pickarooney wrote: »

It took me a couple of reads to understand you meant 'brought the kids to the house next door'.

Have there been any updates on this today?



I've no idea what happened here but I could imagine that if your mind is in such a
state where you think the best option for you is death then you might well believe that - poor kids, left without a father - death is the best
option for everyone.

I have disagree there. I think no matter how messed up a person is, at the end of the day, they can still tell the difference between right and wrong, and murder is wrong! If a person has sever issues, just leave the other victims out of it! How can children defend themselves? It's a coward thing to do!

Persiancowboy

Just read a report of both incidents on the BBC's news website.....they are strongly emphasising that in both cases the perpetrators had previously worked in the construction sector but were both recently unemployed due to Ireland's recession.

It's a bit much for the BBC to be trying to link these awful events to our economic difficulties. None of us know (and will probably never know) what caused these murders but this type of lazy journalism does certainly not help matters.

gbee

Persiancowboy wrote: »

It's a bit much for the BBC to be trying to link these awful events to our economic difficulties. None of us know (and will probably never know) what caused these murders but this type of lazy journalism does certainly not help matters.

Whilst what you say is technically correct, nonetheless, a percentage of the suicide rate has to be related. When people see no future, they become desperate, in effect they become ill and sometimes do desperate things.

The very thought that these mens' children and their grand children will be burdened with debt, well it's emotionally unsettling to say the least.

As a father who lived under the threat of thermonuclear annihilation from both USA and USSR missiles targeted at my home town, I can empathise, if one is not confident of the future ... sadly.

My name is URL

Goldenegg wrote: »

I have disagree there. I think no matter how messed up a person is, at the end of the day, they can still tell the difference between right and wrong, and murder is wrong! If a person has sever issues, just leave the other victims out of it! How can children defend themselves? It's a coward thing to do!

Well someone in the throws of despair and on the verge of taking their own life as an escape isn't exactly going to be thinking rationally enough to see the effect of their actions through the eyes of anyone else.

biko

Sorry folks but now there's just too much speculation and blame throwing for this thread to continue, it will just end up a mess.

I'm locking this and referring to the regional forums for the posters that wishes to express their grief.