'O'Donoghue apology was a stunt,' says Robert's father

Robert Holohan's father has rejected the apology made by his son's killer outside the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise yesterday.

Wayne O'Donoghue, 23, read a statement apologising for his actions and accepting responsibility for the grief they caused.

He was speaking after completing three years of a four-year sentence for the manslaughter of his 11-year-old neighbour in January 2005.

In a newspaper interview today, Mark Holohan described Mr O'Donoghue's statement as "a stunt" and said he had "some neck on him apologising like that".

He also said the former engineering student "got off with a lenient sentence".