Bandon mum ‘teary’ as triplets start school

FOR four hours yesterday, Carol Minihane basked in the calm of a temporary reprieve from her kids.

But any celebration of her new-found – if short-lived – freedom was dampened by the sense of sadness most mammies feel when their offspring first go to school.

This landmark day is an emotional one and for Carol it was particularly so given it marked the beginning of the march into formal education of not just one, but three, of her children.