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Street savagery: What is at the root of violence?
This has been a particularly gruelling week for Joe and Rosie Dolan, from Carrick-on-Shannon in Leitrim, but no more challenging or heart rending than any of the near 30 months that have passed since their son Andrew, a successful and optimistic 20-year-old college student, died after a random, drink-fuelled attack by three strangers on the streets of Mullingar.
