A person in his 30s has been arrested after three individuals had been discovered lifeless at a home in County Louth, within the Republic of Eire.
Gardaí (Irish police) stay on the scene close to Tallanstown after arriving there on Monday morning.
Two males and a girl had been discovered lifeless on the scene.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ has reported it’s believed they had been all from the identical household and had been violently attacked.
Irish Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan stated police weren’t searching for anybody else in reference to the incident and there was no ongoing risk to the general public.
O’Callaghan added that he had “no additional info”.
BBC Information NI’s Claire Graham, who’s on the scene, stated forensics continued to maneuver out and in of the home which is on a really rural highway not removed from the Louth/ Monaghan border.
She stated there was a “sense of disbelief” within the space.
Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú stated the incident had “completely surprised the group throughout County Louth”.
“The truth that three members of 1 household appear to have died in dreadful and violent circumstances on a Monday morning in a quiet and rural space of Mid Louth is appalling,” he stated.
He urged anybody with info to return ahead and requested individuals to not speculate on-line or on social media.
High quality Gael TD Paula Butterly described the incident as “completely surprising”.
“My ideas and prayers exit to the entire group and wider members of the family and associates,” she stated.
Fianna Fáil councillor John Sheridan stated the household had been “very well-known” and there was “an enormous diploma of shock” within the space.
“It is a very rural shut group,” he stated. “Everybody is aware of everyone… and since 10 o’clock this morning there’s been an enormous sense of grief.”
