I think it is worth remembering that he brutally murdered his wife and child, cultural background, financial worries, resentment and jealousy are totally irrelevant. There is no justifying of what he did.
This is a very worthwhile extract from the Irish Times.
Her name was Clodagh
"It has been a week since the tragic Cavan killings. A man killed his wife and three children before taking his own life and media outlets faced the difficult task of looking for answers.
“Why did he do it?” asked one national daily, picturing the man and his three sons.
What ensued was little short of a tribute to the murderer alongside speculations into his mental state and growing calls on social media for increased mental health funding.
Quotes describing Alan Hawe as "a valuable member of the community", a "real gentleman" and "the most normal person you could ever meet" were regurgitated like mantras while Alan's brother spoke about the killer's passion for handball and how he'd "won a number of titles".
A note had been left at the crime scene, it appeared, suggesting that Alan Hawe had been in “a vulnerable state of mind” at the time of the murders, and journalists started asking just how unstable he really was."
"we were so busy trying to understand what state of mind this lovely community man must have been in to commit such a horrific crime, that it was almost as if we had already forgotten: they were a family of five.
Amid all the disbelief, the mother of the family had all but disappeared. Her name was Clodagh, the memory of her was drowning in a twisted tribute to her abusive husband. Of course that’s what he was. Committed and kind, perhaps – but someone who committed the ultimate act of domestic violence nonetheless."