January 4th: 2.30pm: Eleven-year-old Robert Holohan is seen cycling out of the driveway of his home at Ballyedmond, Midleton by his mother, Majella.
3.30pm: He calls to the home of his friend, Wayne O'Donoghue, who becomes angry with Robert when the boy throws stones at O'Donoghue's car. O'Donoghue strangles him.
4pm-5pm: O'Donoghue drives to Ballintra East near Inch where he dumps Robert's body in a glen.
8pm -8.30pm: O'Donoghue returns to Ballintra East to recover Robert's body and put it on the beach. He fails to retrieve the body.
9pm-10pm: O'Donoghue reassures Majella Holohan that Robert will be found and joins in the search for Robert.
January 5th: O'Donoghue helps in the search as hundreds of people help to look for Robert. He also fills out a questionnaire for gardaí.
January 6th - January 7th: More than 2,000 volunteers help to comb large tracts of land around Midleton.
January 8th: O'Donoghue makes a witness statement to gardaí.
January 9th: He makes a supplemen- tary witness statement to gardaí.
January 12th: Robert's body is discovered at Ballintra East, Inch.
January 13th: Postmortem shows that Robert died from asphyxia due to neck compression.
January 15th: Bishop John Magee appeals at Robert's funeral Mass for Robert's killer to give himself up. Gardaí match fingerprints found on a plastic bag at the scene with those of O'Donoghue.
January 16th: O'Donoghue tells his father, Ray, that he killed Robert and his father contacts gardaí. O'Donoghue makes a seven-hour cautioned statement of admission to gardaí after consultation with his solicitor, Frank Buttimer. He is then arrested.
January 17th: O'Donoghue is questioned by gardaí at Midleton station about Robert's death. He is charged later that evening with his manslaughter.
April 21st: O'Donoghue is charged with the murder of Robert Holohan and the Director of Public Prosecutions withdraws the manslaughter charge. He is returned for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Barry Roche