Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin insisted on silence in Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday as Margaret Sheehan’s poignant and powerful victim impact statement was read.

A young driver “took his friend’s life” when he lost control at a junction and crashed into the pillar of a house in Co Cork.

It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the victim impact statement (page 9) made by Margaret Sheehan at the circuit criminal court in Cork yesterday.

IT was all hands on deck in Dunmanway yesterday as locals, volunteers and even team members pitched in to get everything ship-shape for the arrival of Premiership giants Liverpool FC.