The Galway Review: Backseat Passenger – Phil Carrick

 In December 2015, a local woman from the outskirts of Portlaoise town contacted car mechanic Larry Kenton to pick up a car from her farmyard and arrange for its sale. Larry knows the farm well; a smallholding worked for years by the couple Ronan and Kathleen Quinn. Ronan passed away in June 2008, suffering a heart attack. Kathleen was shocked at the loss of her husband but not surprised because he had been suffering from anxiety for some time…