Post-mortem examinations have been completed on three young siblings found dead in a Co Dublin house on Friday night.
Conor, Darragh and Carla McGinley’s autopsies were completed by Assistant State Pathologist Margot Bolster at the Dublin City Morgue on Saturday evening.
Interim post-mortem results are not being released for operational reasons and more toxicology reports are expected.
The children, aged nine, seven and three, were found at a house in Parson’s Court, Newcastle, a small housing development to the south-west of Dublin city, which remains cordoned off by police.
Their bodies were removed from the semi-detached home by ambulance at around 10am on Saturday.
The Garda Technical Bureau, which is still carrying out examinations in the house, said a family liaison officer was in contact with their father Andrew McGinley and relatives.
A woman in her 40s, thought to be the children’s mother, is still being treated at Tallaght University Hospital.
Police have launched an investigation and no arrests have been made. It is understood officers are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident.
Local councillor Emer Higgins described the events as an “unimaginable tragedy”.
Councillor for the area Emer Higgins described the events as an “unimaginable tragedy”.
“My thoughts are with everybody impacted,” said the Fine Gael representative.
“This is a really tight-knit community, it’s a small area, it’s a quiet area, and it’s just unthinkable that something like this could be happening on our doorstep.
“It’s so tragic. It’s unbelievable that three young people’s lives could be cut short like that, in what seems to be a particularly tragic case.”
