'From pure elation to devastation' - Longford TD speaks of 'immense shock and grief' at losing uncle and cousin inside two days

"A government TD has revealed how his family has been plunged into the "most immense shock and grief" following the deaths of his uncle and first cousin within days of one another."

"Longford-Westmeath TD, Micheál Carrigy, told of how his world was turned upside down within the space of 48 hours with the loss of father and son Michael and Shane Carrigy over the course of the past number of days."

Micheál Carrigy is a Longford-Westmeath TD. His family experienced the deaths of his uncle Michael and his first cousin Shane Carrigy within days of one another. The two deaths occurred within the space of 48 hours. The deceased were a father and his son. The sequence of bereavements plunged the family into the most immense shock and grief. The losses happened over the course of recent days, creating sudden and intense emotional impact on Carrigy's family. The rapid succession of deaths underlined the scale and abruptness of the tragedy.

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