Cobh deaths: Father Michael released from Central Mental Hospital months ago
A technical examination took place overnight at the Co Cork home where an apparent murder-suicide resulted in the deaths of a husband and wife, and critical stab injuries to their daughter.
Gardaí found the bodies of Michael (53) and Valerie Greaney (49) at their home in O'Neill's Place in Cobh yesterday afternoon.
Their daughter Michelle, 22, was critically hurt at the scene and is being treated in hospital.
It is understood the scene in the house was discovered by another daughter, Sarah (16), who was said to have been extremely traumatised.
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Michelle had managed to get outside the house despite her injuries and was found collapsed on the street by neighbours. She was being treated by a neighbour outside the family home opposite the local cemetery when emergency services arrived on the scene.
She was rushed to Cork University Hospital for emergency surgery to injuries initially said to be life-threatening. Her condition was later described as critical but stable.
It is understood her mother Valerie was found in the hallway of the home with a stab wound to her chest and died shortly after being discovered. Michael Greaney was found in an upstairs bedroom with wounds believed to have been self-inflicted.
Post mortems are due to be carried out today, but detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. The tragic deaths are being treated as an apparent murder-suicide.
The Greaney family are a well-known family in Cobh, ehere Michael and Valerie ran a physiotherapy clinic in the town since the late 1990s.
Mr Greaney was a keen rower in his youth and won three All-Ireland medals competing in coastal races.
