Holohans mourn cancer death garda

THE parents of an 11-year-old boy killed by his neighbour were among the mourners at the removal of a garda superintendent whose tragic death from cancer came in the wake of his doctor’s negligence.

Majella and Mark Holohan, parents of Robert Holohan, from Midleton, east Cork, paid their respects to the family of Superintendent Martin Dorney at his packed removal in Cork city on Saturday evening.

Superintendent Dorney, 51, who lived in Ballinora, Waterfall, Cork, had been one of the central figures in the investigation into the disappearance of their son in January 2005, when Mr Dorney was a Midleton -based Inspector. Robert Holohan’s body was found dumped in a ditch at Inch Strand in east Cork eight days after his disappearance and his neighbour, 21-year- old Wayne O’Donoghue, was subsequently convicted of his manslaughter.