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Hundreds at Vigil for Parents and Son Found Dead in Louth
About 500 people, including emergency services, gathered across multiple venues to honor the O'Connor family and support each other amid ongoing grief, organizers said.
- On Monday, the bodies of Louise O'Connor, 56; Mark O'Connor, 54; and their son Evan O'Connor, 27, were found at their Drumgowna, County Louth home, shocking the local community.
- On Tuesday, Robert O'Connor, 31, appeared at a special sitting of Drogheda District Court charged with three counts of murder, and Judge Stephanie Coggans remanded him to appear again on Monday.
- Hundreds gathered at Stonetown Community Walking Track on Wednesday evening for a vigil, with around 500 people, including gardaí and emergency services, attending at Annaghminnon GAA Club, as Fr Gerry Campbell said `The loss of Mark, Louise and Evan has sent ripples of grief across our parish and across this land and into the hearts of all who have heard their story`.
- Tributes noted the O'Connors' long advocacy and their role founding Drogheda Abacas Special School, with staff saying `Evan attended Abacas for 14 years. He grew up with us`.
- Gardaí said the victims suffered `violent deaths`, as investigations continue, while flowers and messages have been laid outside the garda cordon and locals urged support for one another.
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Hundreds pay tribute to Louth couple and their son with candlelit vigil
Hundreds of people have paid tribute with a candlelit vigil to remember a father, mother and their son who were murdered in Louth earlier this week. Mark O’Connor, 54, his wife Louise, 56, and their son Evan, 27, were all stabbed to death at the family home near Tallanstown, around 12 kilometres southwest of Dundalk. There was an outpouring of shock across the local community after the bodies of the parents and their son, who had additional need…
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