16/07/2007

Bodies found at Wicklow home

The bodies of three people have been uncovered in a house in County Wicklow this morning.

Irish police have sealed off the area in Grangecon following the discovery this morning.

The house near Baltinglass in the west of the county has been preserved for technical examination and the State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy is on her way to the scene.

Gardai at the Naas station are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths.

A garda spokesman said: “There is no further information available at the moment.”

(JM/KMcA)

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