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A couple and their son who were found dead at home in Ireland were an “integral part of their local community”.

The bodies of Mark and Louise O’Connor, and their son Evan, were found at the family’s home in Dromgowna, outside Tallanstown village, on Monday morning.

A man in his 30s is still under arrest after gardai, the Irish police, said the three family members suffered “violent” deaths.

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Making an appeal for information today (September 30), Superintendent Andrew Watters said: “Shortly before 10am yesterday Monday September 29, gardai received a call to attend a domestic residence at Drumgowna, Tallanstown, Co Louth.

“On arrival at the house, uniform gardai di

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