Comments on: Wayne O Donoghue Gets Out of Jail

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:33:42 +0000

No. I suppose dey rnt.

By: Dublin

Dublin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:27:22 +0000

Wayne has paid for his crime.just let him get on with his life im sure he is guilt ridden with what has happened but stupid arguments like yous arent gonna bring robert back r dey!!!!grow up

By: cork gent

cork gent — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:19:52 +0000

But who am I to judge. My thoughts and prayers are for both familys. I wouldnt like to go through what they have,either of them. And if Wayne makes money from these liable actions against the press. I think it would be a nice gesture to give the money to a childrens charity

By: cork gent

cork gent — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:13:08 +0000

Lets put a statue up for Wayne in Middleton for the murder of young Robert.What a legend!!This is what I expect to see in the newpapers soon. I think if you receive a head lock or give one in your 20 years on this earth you surely have a vague idea as to how to frighten a young lad or to injure him.There would be a total different grasp id have anyway. We could all go around in the morning and do such a thing. I can forgive him in this case possibly. But how he helped with the search was disgusting for such a “close friend of Robert”. We all make mistakes I certainly do everyday. But 4 years is at least a fifth of the sentence of what I feel he should have received.

By: Cobhwoman

Cobhwoman — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:28:17 +0000

I agree with Nirokel mostly there. I don’t honestly think it would help the Holohans much to keep punishing him, it won’t bring the child back. I did feel that the sentence was somewhat lenient given the fact of the death of a child, however the sentence has been passed down, appealed unsuccessfully and duly served. There is nothing more in practical terms to be done there. Further, it’s pointless to blame Wayne for the leniency of the sentence, that was one area where he had no say or input at all.

No matter what he said or did now, he can’t do right for doing wrong. We might as well let him get on with it.

By: Nirokel

Nirokel — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:47:50 +0000

Having read the comments on this page, in particular the verbal spat between local common sense and bock, I would have to strongly disagree with local common sense. You, as a local, are emotionally charged by the case. As much as it is painful to see two families going through such turmoil over the last few years, the judicial process is over for now and I think its in the interests of the families that they can be allowed get on with their lives in peace. The attitude of wanting to punish wayne o donoghue to the highest is counter productive to all concerned. If I was a member of either family I would rather everything be laid to rest. He has served his time, however unhappy some may feel about it, and thats end of story.

By: Cobhwoman

Cobhwoman — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:47:01 +0000

I don’t blame Mark Holohan for not extending the hand of forgiveness to Wayne, it would be a lot to expect of any bereaved parent, I know I certainly couldn’t do it if something like that happened to my beloved son. But what I find disturbing in Mr Holohan’s quote to the Echo is the fact that he seems to want everyone to carry the same degree of anger and bitterness that he has himself. His feelings are entirely normal but I don’t feel that it’s reasonable to expect the rest of society to feel that way in this particular situation. If Wayne had acted deliberately and in a predatory fashion then society would be foolish not to be wary of him but it’s been well established that he didn’t. I reiterate what I said before, I hope Mr & Mrs Holohan, (God love them) don’t go making a media circus out of this because public sympathy for them will melt away rapidly. God help us all, but this is a situation with absolutely no winners at all.

By: local common sense

local common sense — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:41:52 +0000

the fact is Mark houlohan said this in a report with the evening echo yesterday. so they certainly feel this because he wont accept waynes apology. I dont think i could either. i am surprised to see you bringing adhd into the debate again. i have experience with my own nephew who also has it and he lives a perfectly normal life because of that. Robert was also on this medication and from what i know of him he had a very active life including horseriding which demands discipline of the rider. So adhd needs no horse play to deal or training to deal with a child with this problem. sorry i called it a problem as its not its a condition.

By: Gilly

Gilly — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:39:53 +0000

I feel sorry for them all. Wayne, his parents, Robert, his parents. Local, you said about cold and malice, I don’t believe Wayne was being cold - I believe he had lost his mind and sanity for a short spell, yes. In a blind panic a person doesn’t stop to assess his behaviour. I agree, he should have owned up immediately. Of course he should have, that would have been the correct thing to do. Of course it would. But he didn’t. Not because he is evil, or calculating, or anything else. He lost the plot completely. What followed was a series of actions that none of us can make sense of. And my guess is that he has a few blanks as well. Robert is dead, Wayne’s future is destroyed, and both families are destroyed. All because of a potentially harmless situation that got out of hand. I do hope that Roberts parents find it in their hearts in this lifetime to forgive him for his actions - and I hope that he can forgive himself - but I think he will carry the guilt to his grave and in that respect Local, he is paying the price. Fully.

By: Bock

Bock — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:25:04 +0000

I have no plans to end the debate on this site. Let people say whatever is on their mind.

I certainly wouldn’t like to think that anybody had turned against the Holohans. They’ve suffered an appalling loss. But perhaps people have begun to realise that when poor Majella spoke out in court, it was on the basis of very misleading information from the Guards.

I think most people now realise that Wayne is not a paedophile. He had no training in dealing with a child who had ADHD, and he would have been far better off if he had taken no responsibility for the young fellow’s problems.

I have no views on any court action he might be contemplating.