Show Notes
In April 2007 Ciara Dunne and her two children 4 year old Lean and 3 year old Shania were killed by husband and father Adrian Dunne. He then took his own life. Having prepared their wills and visited Funeral Directors in the weeks before the murders, it has been said that Adrian and Ciara planned the murders together before Adrian carried them out. An inquiry into the murders found that the family faced financial challenges as well as Adrian being a controlling force in the family and made recommendations for change.
This is the story of the Dunne Family.
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References Inquiry report content
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Mother and girls buried together
The War At Home | Broadsheet.ie
Inquest hears details of Monageer tragedy
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Tragedy family 'picked coffins'
Mother and girls died by unlawful killing - inquest – The Irish Times
Dunne Family Inquest Verdict Announced | Irish News, 21/05/2009
No 'definitive motive' for Monageer deaths
Report finds no single cause of Monageer family deaths – The Irish Times
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Parents 'worried about daughter'
Picture painted of control freak who dominated wife | Irish Independent
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