Sanjeev Chada from Ballinkillen, County Carlow strangled the boys at Ballintubber on July 29th last year.
10 year old Eoghan Chada and his 5 year old brother Ruairí were reported missing to Gardaí when they didn't return from a Sunday evening bowling trip with their father.
Sanjeev Chada strangled the 2 boys with a rope and then tried to take his own life by crashing his car into a wall near Westport in Co Mayo
Today in court the 44 year old kept his head bowed as he pled guilty to their murders.
He told Gardaí he had planned the killings several days earlier and that his motive was to save his sons the pain of knowing how bad he'd been
The court heard Sanjeev had a gambling problem and that 56 thousand euro had gone missing from a community centre fund of which he was treasurer.
In her victim impact statement the boys' mother Kathleen said 'I thought we were an ordinary family' and she asked 'how can evil such as this be hidden for so long in a seemingly loving father?'
Sanjeev Chada has received a double life sentence
