Bullet in Ciara’s neck 1mm from main artery

“I didn’t want to ring you. I didn’t want to upset you. I thought I was going to die.”

Those were the first words spoken by the innocent gunshot victim, Ciara Sheehan, 21, to her mother Susan O’Mahony when she arrived to her hospital bedside in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Detectives stood outside the Cork University Hospital room as Ms O’Mahony and her partner, Alan O’Leary, arrived. Ciara’s father, Joe Sheehan, was also there.