The Irish Independent understands that the girl's mother made the shocking discovery after returning to her home in the Heathfield estate and raised the alarm. The child's father was also discovered dead at the property in the Cappagh area shortly before 8pm with an investigation underway into the incident. Detectives are treating the death of the young girl, who is five years old, as suspicious and are probing whether foul play was involved.
Gardaí have launched an investigation after the bodies of a man and a young child were found in Finglas, Dublin, on Saturday. The bodies of the man and the young girl were found by emergency services after the alarm was raised around 8pm on Saturday night. The bodies were found in a house in the Heathfield Estate in the Cappagh area of Finglas.
