The three siblings who died in a violent incident in Dublin have been named as Lisa Cash, 18, and her younger brother and sister, eight-year-old twins Christy and Chelsea Cawley.
Officers were called to the property in the Rossfield estate in Tallaght at about 12.30am on Sunday. All three were taken by ambulance to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) in Crumlin, but all three were later pronounced dead.
Their mother, a woman in her 40s, has now been released from hospital and is in the care of her family. Her 14-year-old son remains in Tallaght University Hospital where he is being treated for a serious, but not life-threatening injury.
Gardai described it as a “violent, challenging and traumati.c incident” and said everyone involved is believed to be known to each other.
A man, aged in his early 20s and arrested at the scene earlier today and continues to be questioned by officers.
The scene remains preserved for a forensic examination by the Garda Technical Bureau. Post mortems are due to take place by state pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis.
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