Eight-year-old twins Christy and Chelsea Cawley attended St Aidan's Senior National School and had recently made their First Holy Communion.
[7][8] Gardaí were called to the property on the Rossfield Estate in Tallaght at about 12:30 am on Sunday 4 September 2022, describing the incident as "violent, challenging and traumatic.
"[9][10] The three siblings were stabbed a number of times by a man known to them who used a large bladed object and were taken by ambulance to Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, but all three were later pronounced dead.
He had also previously made threats against the family and had been linked to number of alcohol-fuelled incidents including criminal damage.
[20] The court heard Cash subjected his victims to hundreds of stab and slash wounds before throwing the body of his eight-year-old brother out of the first floor window of their home.
[25] On his morning radio programme on Monday 5 September, Irish broadcaster Ryan Tubridy broke down as he tried to discuss the incident.