Statement of Majella Holohan

EVEN though I wasn’t identified by name, Mr Justice Paul Carney clearly referred to me and my victim impact statement in Ennis in January 2006 at the sentence of Wayne O’Donoghue for the unlawful killing of my son, Robert.

I am offended and hurt at the remarks of Mr Justice Carney. He has a public forum available to him to make these comments but does not make himself available for debate or discussion.

I recently attended a Mass in Dublin for the victims of crime. He also attended. He inquired of one of the organisers if the person that he could see in front of him, was me and on being informed that it was, he left. If he had the concerns that he has now spoken of, I would have expected him to have the courtesy to say them to my face.