{"id":661340,"date":"2026-10-21T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661340\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:32:11","slug":"garda-investigation-as-man-and-woman-found-dead-at-bray-house-named-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661340\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda investigation as man and woman found dead at Bray house named locally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garda\u00ed are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths after the bodies were discovered at a property in Cois Cairn, on Old Connaught Avenue, shortly before 8am on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Mr McGinn, who was in his 30s, was found outside the house, while Ms O\u2019Brien, who was in her 40s, was discovered inside the property.<\/p>\n

The scene remains sealed off for a technical examination, and the State Pathologist has been notified.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed have said the results of autopsy examinations will help determine the course of the investigation.<\/p>\n

The bodies were removed in the back of two ambulance vans, shortly after 3pm, to the cty morgue at Whitehall for a post-mortem examination to take place.<\/p>\n

State Pathologist, Dr Sally Anne Collis will perform the postmortem examination, over the course of Wednesday evening and Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"GardaiGardai attend the scene at a house on Old Connaught Avenue in Bray, Co Dublin, after the discovery of the bodies of a man in his 30s and a woman in her 40s, shortly after 8am. Picture: Michael O’Scannail\/Press Association<\/p>\n

Family devastated by 2017 fire tragedy<\/p>\n

The deaths come almost a decade after the family suffered a devastating tragedy in a fire in Clondalkin, west Dublin, which claimed the lives of four people<\/a>, including two young children.<\/p>\n

In the early hours of March 8, 2017, a fire broke out at an apartment in a supported accommodation complex operated by Sonas Housing.<\/p>\n

The fire claimed the lives of Biddy O\u2019Brien\u2019s two young children, Jordan McGinn, aged four, and Holly O\u2019Brien, who was 22 months old.<\/p>\n

Also killed were Biddy\u2019s cousin Annemarie O\u2019Brien, 27, who was pregnant, and Annemarie\u2019s two-year-old daughter, Paris. Annemarie\u2019s unborn son, who had been named AJ, also died.<\/p>\n

Biddy was the sole survivor of the fire, suffering serious burns that required extensive hospital treatment.<\/p>\n

\"GardaiGardai attend the scene at a house on Old Connaught Avenue in Bray, Co Dublin, after the discovery of the bodies of a man in his 30s and a woman in her 40s, shortly after 8am. Picture: Michael O’Scannail\/Press Association<\/p>\n

An inquest into the deaths, held in 2018, heard that the fire was probably caused by a tea light or candle setting a television alight. The coroner recorded verdicts of accidental death.<\/p>\n

The children and their relatives were buried following funerals attended by hundreds of mourners in Shankill, Co Dublin, with burial taking place at Springfield Cemetery in Bray.<\/p>\n

Shock in local community<\/p>\n

The discovery of the two bodies on Wednesday has prompted shock and sadness in the local community.<\/p>\n

Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Wicklow John Brady said there was a profound sense of disbelief following the discovery, describing the situation as devastating for the area.<\/p>\n

He said those involved were well known locally and that the community was closely connected, with extended family members also living in the area.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed are appealing to anyone with information about the circumstances surrounding the deaths to contact Shankill Garda Station.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths after the bodies were discovered at a property in Cois…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,10562,43],"class_list":["post-661340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-leinster","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}