Cork axe killer murdered brothers in row over timber business as garda timeline emerges
Detectives investigating the horrific double murder-suicide in County Cork have pieced together the gruesome timeline of events
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One source says the concerns centred on Johnny, the youngest of the family. Relatives were worried about his behaviour, and that someone could get hurt.
Gardaí followed up with a telephone call to the Hennessy brothers. It is not clear which or how many brothers were spoken to, but gardaí were assured the situation had been defused and there was no need for their intervention on the farm. Concerns were raised by a third party, not by any of the brothers, a source said. Gardaí then made contact with the brothers and the view was that there was no need for anyone to call up at that stage.
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Row over family timber business may have led to two brothers murdered by younger sibling before he took own life in Cork
Ann Mooney
28 Feb 2021, 8:30
A ROW over the family timber business escalated into a dispute which led to two brothers being murdered by their younger sibling before he took his own life, it’s believed.
The bodies of Willie and Paddy Hennessy were found by Paddy’s daughter Elaine and her mum Stephanie on Thursday night, after they called to the isolated farm at Carraghgorm, not far from Mitchelstown, Co Cork.
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The farm off the Mitchelstown to Mallow Road outside Kildorrery, Cork where the bodies were discoveredCredit: Daragh Mc Sweeney