A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his parents and brother in County Louth.

Robert O’Connor, 31, of Drumgowna, Louth Village, appeared before a special sitting of Drogheda District Court on Tuesday evening.

Louise O’Connor, who was 56, her 54-year-old husband Mark O’Connor, and their 27-year-old son Evan O’Connor were found dead at their rural home in Drumgowna on Monday morning.

Gardaí (Irish police) said they had suffered “violent deaths”.