Eoghan and Ruairi Chada: Kathleen’s Boys — Part One

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Eoghan Chada was ten, loved cooking and magic tricks, and had bought a calf with his Communion money. His five-year-old brother Ruairi loved tractors, dancing and following his big brother. At home, they were Oe and Ru. On Sunday, 28 July 2013, the boys left their home in Ballinkillen, County Carlow, with their father, Sanjeev, for what their mother Kathleen understood would be a trip to the bowling alley. When they didn’t return, she began trying to find them. In Part One, we get to know…