Michael McIlveen's sister says his murder 'broke us all'
A primary school photograph of Michael McIlveen with his little sister Francine and older sister Jodie
Maeve Connolly
10 May, 2021 01:00
Michael McIlveen's mother Gina at a shrine to Michael in the garden of their Ballymena home in the days after his murder. Picture by Alan Lewis
Francine McIlveen was 13 when her brother was murdered and the devastation affected every area of her life. She and her brother had attended St Patrick's College in the town but after Michael's death Francine found it impossible to walk the corridors without him.
"Not seeing him every day and not hearing his voice, it was just unbearable," she explains.