Olivia Kelleher: Reporting of inquests doesn't leave room for sentiment

The clouds that can, and do, settle over our lives sometimes rob us of fulfilment and peace, says Olivia Kelleher

A Garda on duty at the laneway leading to the O’Sullivan family farm where three members of the family lost their lives in a shooting incident at Assolas, Kanturk, Co Cork.

Inquests are clinical affairs. They have a distinct template. The discovery of a body, postmortem, Garda investigation, cause of death, and verdict.

There isn't much room for sentiment or reflection. It is a case of reporting the facts as they are presented.