Pain is still ‘too raw’ for Midleton

OPINIONS on Wayne O’Donoghue and his release from prison were offered reluctantly yesterday in the town still aching from his crime.

While most people on the streets of the east Cork town of Midleton were willing to discuss the awful events that unfolded in their midst between January 4 and 17, 2005, just a handful were willing to be quoted about his release. None were willing to allow their names to be published or to be photographed.

Everyone knows either one or both of the families at the centre of the tragedy.