We need to remember Ann Lovett

I was moved to write this when I read Brian Meaney’s recent letter (Jan 17) about the case of Ann Lovett, her child and his New Year’s resolution to visit their grave on the 30th anniversary of their deaths.

I visited the grotto and grave last year. It is wonderful to read another human being express openly the sense of sorrow they feel at the tragic circumstances of that cold, dark Tuesday, Jan 31,1984.

Unlike Mr Meaney, I was not born at the time of the tragedy. I was born 2 years later, so had her son survived we would be around the same age today. What strikes me, therefore, as most disturbing in 2014, is how little my generation knows about the sad events of that day.