Now, just six years into the sentence for murder, Whelan has recently been approved for three-monthly supervised day releases. Sinéad, and Nichola’s family, cannot believe such a move could even be considered so soon into the life sentence. A portrait of Nichola Sweeney hangs behind Sinéad O’Leary and Nichola’s parents, Josephine and John. How can it be just that we have to live in fear of running into Whelan? The Sweeney family points out that only six-years of the life sentence for Nichola’s murder have been served.

Source: The Irish Times September 29, 2019 04:52 UTC