The Bishop of Kilmore has spoken of his horror and shock at the death of the Hawe family in Co. Cavan.

Gardai are investigating the five deaths in Barconey as an apparent murder-suicide.

Hawe family home remains sealed off pic.twitter.com/w9RHGu4VmX

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Bishop Leo O'Reilly is patron of Castlerahan National school where Alan Hawe taught, and where his three sons had all attended.

Bishop O'Reilly says the local priest is struggling to cope - as the Hawe family were very much involved in the church and wider community.

He's offered condolences to all involved: