CELTIC FAN ORAN NEVER GOT HOME FOR GAME ON TV
Celtic fan Oran never got home for game on TV
By ANITA GUIDERA
FAMILIES of the Co Donegal schoolboys who died in the explosion expressed their anger and anguish at the bombers yesterday.
At the Buncrana home of eight-year-old Oran Doherty, grieving relatives gathered to support his devastated parents, Michael and Bernie and his seven brothers and sisters who range in age from 21 to eight months.
"They are the scum of the earth ," said his heartbroken father.
Clinging to a framed picture of her dead brother, oldest sister Amanda (20) said Oran had been a fanatical Celtic supporter who loved to go fishing with his Dad and always enjoyed a joke.
"We were supposed to take him to the pub on Saturday night to watch the Celtic match but he never came home," she said.
She described the reaction of her family and the local community of one of total shock.
"Everyone just cannot believe it. They were three innocent children who went away for a day all excited.
"We never thought anything like this could happen to them. No hurt done to those that caused this would take away what they have done to us and those three "weans". They are cruel and heartless people," she added.
Six doors up on the same estate the family of the eldest of the three, Shaun McLaughlin (12), were equally shattered.
"He was an ordinary young fellow who was always smiling and a mad United fan. All this for a piece of land," said his heartbroken father John, a local taxi driver.
By ANITA GUIDERA
FAMILIES of the Co Donegal schoolboys who died in the explosion expressed their anger and anguish at the bombers yesterday.
At the Buncrana home of eight-year-old Oran Doherty, grieving relatives gathered to support his devastated parents, Michael and Bernie and his seven brothers and sisters who range in age from 21 to eight months.
"They are the scum of the earth ," said his heartbroken father.
Clinging to a framed picture of her dead brother, oldest sister Amanda (20) said Oran had been a fanatical Celtic supporter who loved to go fishing with his Dad and always enjoyed a joke.
"We were supposed to take him to the pub on Saturday night to watch the Celtic match but he never came home," she said.
She described the reaction of her family and the local community of one of total shock.
"Everyone just cannot believe it. They were three innocent children who went away for a day all excited.
"We never thought anything like this could happen to them. No hurt done to those that caused this would take away what they have done to us and those three "weans". They are cruel and heartless people," she added.
Six doors up on the same estate the family of the eldest of the three, Shaun McLaughlin (12), were equally shattered.
"He was an ordinary young fellow who was always smiling and a mad United fan. All this for a piece of land," said his heartbroken father John, a local taxi driver.
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Publisher: IRISH INDEPENDENT
Ref: II/051
Published Date: 18-Aug-98
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