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A man charged with the murders of a woman and two children at their south County Dublin home has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.
An investigation was launched following a post-mortem into the three deaths in October. Neither they nor the defendant can be identified for legal reasons.
The case has now progressed to the next stage before new laws allowing murdered children to be named come into effect.
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Gardai arrested the man, who is in his 30s, in November and charged him with three counts of murder after which he made no reply.
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A murder investigation was launched following a post-mortem into the three deaths in October.
Neither they nor the defendant can be named for legal reasons.
Gardai arrested a man in his 30s and charged him after which he made no reply.
The accused faced his sixth hearing today when he appeared before Judge Victor Blake at Cloverhill District Court.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has formally directed trial on indictment in the Central Criminal Court.
Judge Blake remanded him in continuing custody to appear again in two weeks for the DPP to complete a book of evidence.
It needs to be completed and served on the accused before the district court can make a return for trial order.