20/02/2014

Inquest Underway Into Deaths Of Father And Daughter In West Cork

An inquest is being held to try and established the cause of the deaths of a father and daughter in west Cork last March.

The bodies of 50-year-old Martin McCarthy and his three-year-old daughter Clarissa were recovered from the sea near their home at Audley Cove outside Ballydehob.

Gardaí had described the deaths as a "tragic accident" but it understood that an investigated was carried out into whether Mr McCarthy had drowned his daughter before taking his own life.

The inquest is being held today (Thursday).

(MH/CD)

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