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Senator calls for release of full crime review of murdered Cavan family

May 16, 2025 15:53
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Senator calls for release of full crime review of murdered Cavan family

In her revelatory book, 'Deadly Silence,' Clodagh's sister Jacqueline Connolly explains her three nephews were killed by their father shortly after.

A senator has backed a call for the Garda Commissioner to release the full findings of the crime review into the murder of a Cavan woman and her three sons.
Clodagh was brutally murdered by her husband Alan Hawe at their Castlerahan home nine years ago.
In her revelatory book, 'Deadly Silence,' Clodagh's sister Jacqueline Connolly explains her three nephews were killed by their father shortly after.

School teacher Alan Hawe took his own life after the murders.
Garda investigations concluded a mental breakdown had caused Hawe to 'snap' and murder his family.
But Clodagh's sister says there is more to the story and is calling for the full findings of the crime review to be released.
Kildare senator Fiona O'Loughlin backed her calls at a Seanad address yesterday, saying it will have an impact on the way other cases of domestic violence are treated:

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