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Pressure has been mounting to introduce the reviews after the murder of Clodagh Hawe and her three children.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris met with Clodagh Hawe’s sister Jacqueline Connolly and her mother Mary Coll this evening.
Alan and Clodagh Hawe and their three children were found dead in their Cavan home in August 2016.
The Victims of Crime Bill 2015 legally obliges An Garda Síochana and the Director of Public Prosecutions to keep victims (or in homicide cases, their families) informed about their cases, writes Joan Deane.
Clodagh’s family met with Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan today.
There were also calls for the HSE and Tusla to be included in the new garda review of murders in the home.
Clodagh’s mother Mary Coll and sister Jacqueline Connolly last night spoke on Claire Byrne Live.
In August 2016, Alan Hawe murdered his wife, Clodagh, and their three sons before taking his own life.
The inquest got under way in Cavan Courthouse yesterday.
The inquest into the death of Clodagh Hawe and her three sons continues in Cavan today.
Inquest into the death of Hawe family in Cavan heard distressing detail of how the four were killed. Dad Alan is believed to have died by his own hand.
Clodagh died with her children Liam, 14, Niall 11, and six-year-old Ryan, on 29 August by murder-suicide in their Cavan home.
The family will repose at a funeral home in nearby Cavan town on Friday.
The bodies of the five members of the Hawe family were discovered yesterday morning at their house near Ballyjamesduff.
Alan Hawe taught at the local school and was treasurer of the GAA club. His body was found with that of wife Clodagh and their three sons.