Randi Mahomes, Patrick's mother, described selling the family home as 'bittersweet', reflecting on the memories made there while eager for a new start.
"When Michelle Lynch's son Matthew was a little boy, she used to tell him stories about pirates. This was partly because of her job, and partly because the house in which they lived in Belturbet, Co Cavan, overlooked a lake known locally as Smugglers Lake."