January 6 - December 14

ON the first day of the trial, Wayne O’Donoghue nervously held rosary beads between his fingers, and as the jury came back into court yesterday to give their verdict, he blessed himself.

Between the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, there is a sorrowful mystery.

What really happened on that day, January 4, 2005, when Robert Holohan, an 11-year-old boy, was killed by his 20-year-old friend and next-door neighbour Wayne O’Donoghue?