Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

In August 2016, Clodagh Hawe and her three young sons, Liam, Niall and Ryan, were murdered by her husband and their father Alan Hawe. He then killed himself. Clodagh's sister, Jacqueline Connolly, and her mother have been asking for the 2019 serious crime review into those murders be released by the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris. An initial investigation determined that Alan Hawe was motivated by depression and psychosis, however, in early 2024, Jacqueline and her mother were given a presentation of the serious crime review that revealed a depth of planning to the murders, which now calls that conclusion into question. In March, the family met with the Minister for justice, Deputy O'Callaghan, who told them he would ask the Commissioner to release the review and ask the Attorney General about a second inquest but since then the family has heard nothing. They are now asking for the Taoiseach's assistance to secure the publication of the serious crime review and the holding of a second inquest.

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