‘Last nine days have been very difficult for all of us’

IT was the news the people of a tight-knit community had been expecting, but when it came it didn’t make the pain any easier to bear.

As volunteers trudged back to the community hall in Kilbrittain, Co Cork, yesterday afternoon they knew gardaí had found a body and it was probably that of local widow Anne Corcoran.

Hundreds packed the hall and were fed with hot soup, stew and sandwiches until senior gardaí arrived to officially tell them the news.