A daily struggle to deal with life without Sheola

“IT does stick in your head, to go in and open a coffin and look at your beautiful daughter in absolute bits.”

More than a year after his daughter was strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend in the early hours of a July morning, Sheola Keaney’s dad still struggles to deal with the memories.

The 19-year-old student was looking forward to starting a business studies course in college, enjoyed socialising with a wide range of friends and was doted upon by her mother Carol, father Peter and her family around the Cobh area of Co Cork.