O'Donoghue house vacant since son's confession

THE O'Donoghue house in Ballyedmond, Midleton is still lying vacant - nearly a year after their son confessed to killing Robert Holohan.

Twenty-one-year-old Wayne O'Donoghue was found guilty this week of the manslaughter of his 11-year-old neighbour and friend, Robert Holohan, at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork. He has returned to the Midlands Prison after the 10-day trial and is due to be sentenced in Ennis next month.

Robert Holohan's young life ended on January 4 last and his family still can't - and possibly never will - come to terms with their loss.