Cancer patient speaks out as her son's killer seeks to have his life sentence reconsidered

Rose Osborne's son Glen was murdered six years ago, and as she fights cancer, his killer is seeking to have his life sentence reconsidered

Rose Osborne with her dog Cesar and a photo of her son Glen at her home in Ballybough, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney

Rose Osborne sat in court 16 of the High Court in Dublin, her eyes fixed on the young man who murdered her only child, Glen.

As she listened to legal arguments about whether his life sentence should be reconsidered, Rose was confronting a very different reality: She is living with stage four cancer.