The funerals of Paddy and Willie Hennessy are due to take place in the town on Thursday

It is understood that Johnny Hennessy, will be buried in Mitchelstown first on Wednesday, followed by Willie and Paddy in a separate ceremony on Thursday.

GSOC has confirmed it is investigating if prior contact was made to local gardaí before the tragedy unfolded last week.

Paddy Hennessy and Willie Hennessy were found dead at the family farm on Friday morning. Their brother Johnny was found later that day a few kilometres away. 

As news of this latest double-murder and suicide tragedy began to emerge in the early hours of Friday morning, people's thoughts turned to the sequence of events which tore the O'Sullivan family apart in Kanturk late last year

As the helicopter sprang back to life before midday, hovering around an area near the little Gradóg river that eventually finds its way into Mitchelstown, the sense of loss and disbelief was rising.

Autopsies are due to take place on the bodies of all three brothers at Cork University Hospital (CUH) on Saturday

Autopsies are due to take place on the bodies of all three brothers at Cork University Hospital (CUH) on Saturday

The men have been named locally as Paddy, Willie and John Hennessy