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Gardaí waiting for post-mortem results for three children found dead in Dublin house

Gardaí waiting for post-mortem results for three children found dead in Dublin house

Gardaí are awaiting post-mortem results on the bodies of three children found dead at a house in Dublin on Friday night.

Gardaí named them as Conor, aged nine, Darragh, aged seven, and three-year-old, Carla McGinley.

Their bodies were found at around 7.45pm Friday night, when gardaí responded to a call at Parson’s Court in Newcastle.

A female relative, in her 40s, was found at the scene and is receiving medical attention in Tallaght University Hospital.

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Around 150 people, including many of the children's classmates, turned out for a special mass at St Finian's Church in Newcastle yesterday.

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