Ciarán O'Connor: ‘The Country Is Going to the Dogs’: How Agitators Exploited the Carlow Shooting

Ciarán O'Connor: ‘The country is going to the dogs’: How agitators exploited the Carlow shooting

Gardaí were quick to confirm the ethnicity and nationality – white Irish – of the man who died at the scene. This is a new practice in response to online misinformation

Gardaí investigate if Carlow shooter's plan had been to take his own life

Detectives are examining the theory that he intended to use the flammable liquid he was carrying to set fire to himself rather than harm anyone else