A mother’s anguish
FROM the very start, the signs were ominous: as dusk begins to fall on a quiet country road near Midleton, Co Cork, a neighbour finds a spanking new BMX bike lying abandoned against a ditch.
It doesn't take her long to recognise it as belonging to Robert Holohan, a bright and popular 11-year-old boy from the locality. It is a Christmas present from his parents, Mark and Majella; his pride and joy.
