‘I needed to see them’ – Andrew McGinley reveals heartbreaking moment he got home to learn of beloved kids’ deaths [Video]

THE father of three children who were killed by their mother has told how he was holding his son in his arms and “willing for a sign of life” after arriving home to a crime scene.

And heartbroken dad Andrew McGinley explained that, although his wife was receiving treatment for her mental health, he “wasn’t informed of how bad she was.”

Andrew with his beloved kids Conor, Darragh and Carla

Andrew has opened up about his devastating loss

Andrew with his three children and their mother Deirdre Morley

Conor, nine, Darragh, seven, and three-year-old Carla, died from suffocation at their family home in Newcastle, Co. Dublin, on January 24, 2020.

After trial at the Central Criminal Court in May 2021, mum Deirdre Morley, a paediatric nurse, was found not guilty of their murder due to insanity.

Speaking to the Talking Bollox podcast, Andrew said: “Due to patient confidentiality, I wasn’t informed of how bad she was.

“I would have experienced, I suppose, in the house, what they …