The silence at the school gates tells its own story

IN A Wexford village silenced by the death of a family, it was the innocent classmates of murdered Mark and Julie Flood who tried to articulate the enormity of emotions involved.

At 10.30am yesterday, all 144 pupils of St Aidan’s national school in Clonroche came together in the sports hall for a short prayer service.

They had come to school early to meet counsellors and specialists brought in from the National Education Psychological Service.