Flooding Fallout: Past tragedies help Limerick grandparents cope with recent devastating floods

O’Donnells’ speak out on 1998 murder of daughter in nightclub, writes Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe

A Limerick grandmother revealed yesterday how dark, tragic days in her past helped her through the torment of the December floods.

One of the abiding images of the floods were pictures and news reports of Vera O’Donnell cradling her pet dog, Princess, who drowned when waters gushed through Vera’s home, trapping the tiny chihuahua in the sitting room.