Christmas ‘gift’ for bereaved family

“I think I have gained three more daughters. What we were able to do for them was a gift we gratefully accepted.”

Those are the words of good samaritan Colm Hackett, who was speaking after an inquest in Ennis, Co Clare, into the death of Madra Yuadoo Michael, aged 10, from Canada.

Details of Dr Hackett and his family’s extraordinary kindness to the girl’s three sisters and mother in the hours and days after her death have been revealed for the first time.