Parole Board made us feel heard, say parents of gangland murder victim Jonathan O'Reilly

Grieving dad says of one of his son's murderers: 'He gets days out for good behaviour; we get to visit a grave'

Frank and Dolores O’Reilly are among the first families to go before the new Parole Board over the life sentences of Brian Kenny and Thomas Hinchon who murdered their son Jonathan 19 years ago. Picture: Moya Nolan

The parents of a gangland murder victim who miss their son “every single day” say the new Parole Board process made them feel “actually heard” as they objected to their son’s killer being released.

Jonathan O’Reilly, aged 25, had recently completed a nine month sentence for possession of drugs when he was shot dead outside Cloverhill prison in Clondalkin, West Dublin on April 19, 2004.