Sister of murdered Gráinne Dillon says killer should never get parole 

'I’m not sure that the sadness and emptiness ever goes away, you just get better at putting one foot in front of the other at making it through the day'
Sister of murdered Gráinne Dillon says killer should never get parole 

Aoife Dillon’s sister 24-year-old sister Gráinne, from Glounthaune in Cork, was shot dead as she worked as a trainee manager in Jury’s Inn, on Steamboat Quay in Limerick in January 2002.

The sister of a woman murdered by a co-worker in a Limerick hotel in 2002 says that a life sentence should be longer than 20 years for “premeditated murder” and believes that parole should not be an entitlement.

Aoife Dillon’s sister 24-year-old sister Gráinne, from Glounthaune in Cork, was shot dead as she worked as a trainee manager in Jury’s Inn, on Steamboat Quay in Limerick in January 2002. She was shot three times at point-blank range with a shotgun by now 46-year-old Paulo Nascimento from Portugal after he robbed €3,000 from the hotel.

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