Families’ war of words over how Robert died

THE Holohan and O’Donoghue families clashed yesterday, both enlisting solicitors in a war of words over what really happened on the day Robert Holohan was killed.

As the Holohan family called on the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal the leniency of the four-year sentence handed down to Wayne O’Donoghue, the killer’s solicitor hit out at claims that his client was a sex offender.

Lawyer Frank Buttimer said the victim impact mechanism should be “regulated” and that Majella Holohan had exceeded the acceptable boundaries in her victim impact statement on Tuesday.