Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Wayne O’Reilly, 48, and his 11-year-old son Oisín, whose bodies were found at different addresses in west Dublin.
- Emergency services were called to Cherry Orchard, Ballyfermot at about 8:30am where the man was found, and later located the boy at a house on Lealand Road in Clondalkin.
- Gardaí say they suspect the child died violently and the man may have taken his own life, with the investigation being treated as a suspected murder-suicide pending post-mortem results.
- Both scenes have been sealed for examination by the Garda Technical Bureau, the Coroner has been notified, and the Office of the State Pathologist has been requested.
- Tusla confirmed the child was known to the agency but not in state care, and NEPS has been deployed to support the school community as a Senior Investigating Officer leads the inquiry.