This article is from page 14 of the 2008-07-01 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 14 JPG
SHARON Collins was concerned about her youngest son’s frame of mind, as news of the Garda investi- gation began to spread around Ennis last year.
That was her message to the Di- rector of Public Prosecutions, in her third letter last May.
In the letter, dated May 25, she said, “I’m writing what now appears to be
my monthly letter to you. Hopefully it won’t be as long this time.”
‘We had hoped for good news this week, so we could get on with our lives,” she said.
She said her youngest son David was “more of a casualty than any- body”.
“It would appear that news of the investigation has got around town,’ she stated, adding that her mother had not heard about it but “it’s out
Woke
She said she had tried to put herself in a murderous frame of mind and had asked herself several questions:
“T certainly know it would be traced. .. The question of timing, why then, why the rush, why not wait until I have inheritance rights?”
She said that PJ had just helped David to buy a house and had assisted her to buy an apartment in Limerick.
“T don’t see why I’d want anybody
to get into the office. I think a five- year-old would have covered their tracks better. I’m not stupid enough to leave a trail like that,’ she added.
She said that herself and PJ had of- ten debated the execution of Saddam Hussein. While PJ thought it was wrong, she believed it could have been done more humanely, she said.
In a PS added to that letter, Ms Collins said that her son David had phoned her, upset.
“He told me if he didn’t tell his boss what was wrong, he would be fired. He wanted to confide in him. For the first time in my life, I told him not to tell the truth. I told him to lie. Is it fair that a young man should suffer like this?” she asked.
“Do I tell him to go ahead and re- veal what’s tearing our family apart? I’ve a very bad feeling about him and his frame of mind right now,’ she concluded.