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'DON'T GO UPSTAIRS'
Chilling note pinned to Dublin home where 3 young kids were found dead after being ‘suffocated’
THIS is the first picture of three young children found dead in a house in Dublin after a chilling note pleading "don't go upstairs, call 999" was left on the window.
Siblings Conor, aged nine, Darragh, aged seven, and Carla, aged three, were discovered dead on the floor with fears they may have been suffocated.
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A woman aged in her 40s - believed to be the children's mother - was rushed to hospital after she was found in a "disorientated state" by a taxi driver.
Cops believe the tragic youngsters didn't die or natural causes after the haunting note was pinned on the window sill - with earlier reports suggesting they may have been drugged or poisoned.
Police confirmed a post-mortem will take place later today to establish a cause of death as they released a photo of the siblings with their dad Andrew McGinley.
The home has now been sealed off with police treating the tragedy as "unexplained". They are not looking for anyone else in connection with the grim discovery.
Forensic officers today arrived at the home where the three bodies of the children were taken away in an ambulance.
'UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY'
Horrified locals say the family had moved to the area around a year ago.
One neighbour said: “It doesn’t seem real. I’ll be honest we’re shaking.”
Councillor for the area Emer Higgins described the horror as an "unimaginable tragedy".
She added: "My thoughts are with everybody impacted.
"This is a really tight-knit community, it's a small area, it's a quiet area and it's just unthinkable that something like this could be happening on our doorstep.
"It's so tragic. It's unbelievable that three young people's lives could be cut short like that, in what seems to be a particularly tragic case."
A spokesman said: "Gardai are currently attending the scene of an incident at a domestic house in Newcastle, Co. Dublin.
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"The bodies of three children, two boys and a girl, have been discovered.
"Gardai are currently investigating the circumstances of their unexplained deaths."
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Clondalkin Garda Station on 01 666 7600.
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