Horror in Ireland as 'well respected' teacher butchers his wife and three young sons in frenzied knife attack before killing himself

 

The discovery was made at Oakdene, Barconey, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, inset, on Monday. Investigators said they found the bodies of a man in his 40s, Alan Hawe, his wife - Clodagh - and their three sons aged Liam, 13, Niall, 11 and six-year-old Ryan. Police are probing the theory that Mr Hawe, a school teacher, killed his wife before stabbing his sons to death and then turning the knife on himself. A Garda spokesman said: 'The investigation is ongoing but at this stage we are not looking for anyone else in relation to the deaths.' Pictured are the coffins of one of the victims being loaded into a hearse.