Clodagh Hawe ‘did not know extent of killer husband's porn addiction'
On the evening of August 28, 2016, the rural town of Ballyjamesduff in Co Cavan changed for ever.
After months of meticulous planning, Alan Hawe, 40, killed his wife Clodagh, 39, with a hatchet and knife in their sitting room before walking upstairs to murder his sons Liam, 13, Niall, 11, and Ryan, 6, in their bedrooms.
A state pathologist suggested the children had been stabbed in their Adam's apples to prevent them from screaming.
Their father, a deputy school principal, then hanged himself once he was satisfied his affairs were in order.
Although known to be a controlling husband, Hawe,
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