The man convicted of killing east Cork boy Robert Holohan, Wayne O'Donoghue, has settled libel actions against the Sunday World and the Evening Herald.

THE parents of an 11-year-old boy killed by his neighbour were among the mourners at the removal of a garda superintendent whose tragic death from cancer came in the wake of his doctor’s negligence.

A LIBEL action taken against television station TV3 by Wayne O’Donoghue, who was convicted of the manslaughter of 11-year-old Robert Holohan, was settled yesterday.

Cork man Wayne O’Donoghue was prepared to give evidence in a libel case settled in the High Court, it was claimed tonight.

The High Court has approved a settlement of a libel action taken by Cork man Wayne O'Donoghue against TV3.

A defamation case taken by Cork man Wayne O'Donoghue over certain media outlets' coverage of his trial and conviction for the killing of Robert Holohan is set to begin today.

THE Irish Medical Council has doubled the period of suspension imposed on a GP who failed to pass on crucial test results to his now terminally-ill patient and then tried to cover it up.

MISTAKES can be made in any profession but those who make them must be man enough to put their hands up, Superintendent Martin Dorney told the Medical Council inquiry in Cork just over a week ago.

THE sentence handed down for the killing of Celine Cawley was influenced by two notorious cases: Wayne O’Donoghue and Linda Mulhall.

A SENIOR garda has won his appeal against a district court judge’s decision to hold him in contempt of court.

THE Garda Commissioner is in talks with the Justice Minister in an effort to fill senior Garda positions despite the Government ban on promotions in the force.

A NUMBER of senior Garda positions in Cork and Limerick are likely to remain unfilled because of an embargo on promotions within the force.

THE Press Ombudsman has upheld part of a complaint by Wayne O’Donoghue’s father Ray against a tabloid newspaper which accused him of “using” Robert’s Holohan’s death to help get planning for a new home.

A media company co-founded by Bob Geldof is adding a Belfast-based TV current affairs production company to its stable, it was announced today.

The search for a 60-year-old widow from West Cork has become one of the largest since the hunt for Midleton schoolboy Robert Holohan four years ago.

GARDAÍ have drafted in specialist forensic experts to examine a car belonging to a 60-year-old widow who disappeared in suspicious circumstances.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has made changes in senior ranks of the force in the southern region.

FAMILIES of murder and manslaughter victims will be given explanations in future if the Director of Public Prosecutions decides not to press charges against suspects in the case.

A DECISION is expected shortly from the DPP on a request by gardaí for a judicial review of a judge’s decision to hold a garda inspector in contempt.

THE mother of 11-year-old schoolboy Robert Holohan who died in tragic circumstances more than three years ago is expecting her fourth child later this year.

VICTIMS of crime must be informed when offenders are released or granted bail under plans for new legislation launched yesterday.

Robert Holohan's father has rejected the apology made by his son's killer outside the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise yesterday.

THE parents of slain schoolboy Robert Holohan maintained a dignified silence yesterday.

WAYNE O’Donoghue’s former principal last night praised his “brave” statement and apology and urged him to rebuild his life in Cork.

Robert Holohan's killer Wayne O’Donoghue should be given credit for admitting his guilt, as the family bereaved by his crime struggle to come to terms with his release, a friend said tonight.

The man who killed Co Cork schoolboy Robert Holohan three years ago has been released from the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise this morning.

THE High Court yesterday adjourned for three weeks an application for discovery of documents in an action for libel brought by Wayne O’Donoghue, the 23-year-old engineering student who was convicted of the manslaughter of Midleton schoolboy Robert Holohan.

The hometown of the young student, Wayne O’Donoghue, convicted of killing schoolboy Robert Holohan is fully prepared for his imminent release, it was claimed tonight.

PRISON Service bosses last night said Wayne O’Donoghue’s release from prison tomorrow would be handled in the same way as that of any other inmate, unless there was a threat to his safety or public order.

THESE last few days, and even weeks, will have been terribly difficult for anyone close to the tragedy surrounding the death of schoolboy Robert Holohan.

THE solicitor representing Cork student Wayne O’Donoghue — set to be released from jail this week having served three years for the manslaughter of his 11-year-old neighbour Robert Holohan — said yesterday his client would find it “extremely difficult” to remain in Ireland in the near future.

The man who killed schoolboy Robert Holohan in Co Cork three years ago is reportedly planning to start a new life abroad when he is released from prison in the coming weeks.

AN APPLICATION should have been made for the immediate release of Wayne O’Donoghue after the mother of Robert Holohan made her victim impact statement, a senior counsel has said.

An application should have been made for the release of Wayne O’Donoghue immediately after Majella Holohan’s victim impact statement, according to the barrister who represented O’Donoghue during his trial for the murder of 11-year-old Robert Holohan.

Former Justice Minister Nora Owen has said that High Court Judge Paul Carney was more sympathetic to the situation of convicted killer Wayne O’Donoghue than towards to the family of his victim 11-year-old Robert Holohan.

A MAN whose 19-year-old daughter was murdered last year has criticised the Victim Impact Statement process as “disgraceful” and said there was too much consideration for the perpetrators of violent crime.

Wayne O’Donoghue is very concerned about his future in this country after his release from prison next January.

Tánaiste Brian Cowen has said the Government has no plans to change the law relating to the way victim impact statements are made in court.

The mother of Robert Holohan, the 11-year-old schoolboy killed in Co Cork in January 2005, has reportedly criticised remarks made by the presiding judge in the killer's trial.

A HUGE air and sea rescue operation was mounted last night after the discovery of children’s clothing on the beach near where tragic Robert Holohan’s body was found two years ago.

While the case of Madeleine McCann remains in the spotlight, many others around Europe have been forgotten by the public — along with 82 who disappeared in Ireland, writes Dan Buckley.

PEOPLE who commit “low levels of deliberate violence” which unforeseeably result in someone’s death should not be prosecuted for manslaughter, according to a new report by the country’s leading legal reform body.

The father of schoolboy Robert Holohan today spoke of how much he dreads his son’s anniversary.

The mother of Cork schoolboy Robert Holohan said today that she feels the judicial system failed her family.