Holohans maintain a dignified silence

THE parents of slain schoolboy Robert Holohan maintained a dignified silence yesterday.

In what must be one of their most difficult periods since Wayne O’Donoghue stood trial for killing their eldest son Robert, Mark and Majella Holohan declined to make any comment on his release from jail, or on the apology he issued outside the prison gates.

The Holohans’ solicitor, Ernest Cantillon, confirm- ed that the couple would not be responding to the statement. He declined to comment further.