The body of Alan Hawe, the man who murdered his wife and children at their Castlerahan home late last August before taking his own life, is being exhumed this morning (scroll down for video). Alan, his wife Clodagh (nee Coll) and their three sons Liam (14), Niall (11) and Ryan (6) were all buried together in the local cemetery after the shocking incident. The murder suicide devastated the local community and rocked the whole country in the week that the children and their parents, both teachers, were due to go back to school. The body of Alan Hawe, the Kilkenny-native, who was vice-principal at the local primary school, is being exhumed now in the presence of members of An Garda Siochána and an Environmental Health Officer from Cavan County Council. Those involved in the exhumation arrived at the grave site located beside St Mary's Church in Castlerahan in the early hours of this morning, at around 5:30am. They erected a cover for privacy and work began shortly thereafter. The exhumation is taking place after, it’s understood a licence was granted last March and, once completed, Mr Hawe’s remains must be reburied or cremated within 48 hours of being exhumed. The bodies of the Hawes were discovered at their home in the quiet townland of Barconey near Ballyjamesduff on August 29 last year. Since then, it’s understood there has been growing pressure to have Mr Hawe’s body exhumed and removed from its burial place in the locality. The inquest into the family’s death, meanwhile, is expected to take place later this year. Gardaí continue to treat the investigation as one of murder suicide, and have said previously that they are not looking for anyone else in relation to the deaths. Psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) were subsequently assigned to the primary schools with whom the family was linked to support and advise teachers in assisting students and staff dealing with the tragedy. The family of Clodagh (nee Coll), who herself was a primary school teacher in Oristown, Co Meath, meanwhile have managed to raise tens of thousands of euros for national domestic violence support charity, Women’s Aid.
helimachoptor wrote: » Should never have been buried with them in the first place. What a cowardly disgusting man, may he rot in hell or wherever he ends up
Dravokivich wrote: » Huh? My understanding is he has to be put back. What was he exhumed for?
osarusan wrote: » He has to be reburied (or cremated), but that will happen elsewhere, I imagine.
kfallon wrote: » Might need to change the thread title tbh!
livedadream wrote: » is there an examination taking place or his his body being moved?
Zubeneschamali wrote: » livedadream wrote: » is there an examination taking place or his his body being moved? No sign of an examination, nor can I imagine any reason for one - the facts are well known. I'd say this is just the family removing a murderer from the grave of his victims.
livedadream wrote: » bit random that they did it in the first place then though...
Hrududu wrote: » livedadream wrote: » bit random that they did it in the first place then though... I think they might have been put under a bit of pressure from the priest to do it
Toots wrote: » AFAIK it was the local priest who recommended the joint funeral and burial.
murpho999 wrote: » Was a stupid decision to bury them together in the first place. Either way all the comments about 'rot in hell' and him being cowardly and disgusting actually show a complete misunderstanding of mental health issues which he clearly suffered from and no I'm not making excuses for him.
kfallon wrote: » Yes, yes you are!
s4uv3 wrote: » Thousands upon thousands of people have mental health issues and manage to not murder their entire immediate family.
livedadream wrote: » to be fair i think it was pretty clearly outlined at the time that it wasnt mental health issues that he had, it was that he was a wife beater who was about to be outted so to prevent the fall from grace killed him family. its a bit unfair on people who have actual health health issues to lump this guy in with them.
murpho999 wrote: » kfallon wrote: » Yes, yes you are! No I'm not just don't think there's all this need for calling him scumbag etc, and reading comments on other fora for him to be thrown in the sea or dumped. Just find that OTT.
murpho999 wrote: » No I'm not just don't think there's all this need for calling him scumbag etc, and reading comments on other fora for him to be thrown in the sea or dumped. Just find that OTT.
