‘He has suffered a lot and I’m thankful he is at peace’

MARY WHELAN had eight of her 10 daughters with her on her birthday trip to Rome.

‘He has suffered a lot and I’m thankful he is at peace’

Her only son, christened John Paul when he was born while the Pope was in Ireland 25 years ago, did not travel.

The three-day trip was a birthday gift for the Laois woman from her family and it was her first time in the eternal city.

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