0:01:36 > 0:01:38It's been a difficult journey,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42but together with the prayers of the people and the closeness of our family,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44we've managed to come through that.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48It's a place that you would never want anyone to have to go,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50but if we were going to go there,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53we certainly have a great family to go there with.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- TANNOY:- 'Have you given the Ulster colours?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51'Have you given the Donegal colours?'
0:03:22 > 0:03:24It's everything that Michaela loved.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28It's football, it's music, it's dance, and it's being around people.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32The GAA is massive for a lot of Irish families,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and the Harte family was no different.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Michaela was very much at home in a GAA ground.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Yeah, and I'm sure she is smiling down on us now,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43thinking, "This is great."
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I suppose, it's farewell, in another way,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47to say that this is remembering you in a very special way,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and we'd like other people to share in that memory.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55It's just a lovely way to remember Michaela,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57and the beautiful person she was.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03She just came down those stairs.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04We were looking up, thinking,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07"Oh my goodness, Michaela. You look so beautiful."
0:06:07 > 0:06:11And she was just radiant, beaming from ear to ear, you know.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16And she was saying, "I want no tears! This is the happiest day.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21"Just get me to that chapel till I marry John." She just couldn't wait.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Michaela had some husband. She had some husband. She did pick so well.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37And I knew who I was handing her over to. And in a way, it was good.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40It was lovely to have that opportunity.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39As you can imagine, we are all devastated.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Michaela was a lovely girl, she was a wonderful daughter,
0:10:42 > 0:10:47brilliant sister for these boys here, and we will always treasure her.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48She was a beautiful girl.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Couldn't be better, couldn't be nicer, and God love her.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53We are so, so sorry.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45She was just a lovely wee girl
0:21:45 > 0:21:52that came into our lives on 31st December 1983.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55And she was just the blessing from the day she came,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57like all our children were, and are.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00But I suppose, being the only girl that we had,
0:22:00 > 0:22:05she and I had a special connection, a special relationship.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Obviously, I love all the boys too,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09but there's something different about having a girl.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44She went with me when I started at the minors in 1991.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48She came with me to the training. She just wanted to be there, you know.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51She just became an integral part of all we were about,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54and the beautiful thing about it all was that she was accepted,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56as not being in the way
0:23:56 > 0:23:59and not being as a nuisance and not interfering.
0:23:59 > 0:24:00She was almost like,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03this is what part of what every good setup should be about.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Our whole family life is completely revolved around football,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28and more for this team, this year.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31And there's just such a direct link with Mark and the panel,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Daddy, the manager...
0:24:33 > 0:24:36and it just means so much to us, more than anything.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Ever.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40If Daddy does win at five o'clock, it's going to be a wee while
0:24:40 > 0:24:44before you get down there. What is the first thing you're going to say to him?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I don't know!
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I love you, and I'm proud of you.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Whatever the result, that's what I would say to him anyway.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59But I would just be so happy. I just would say, "Thank God."
0:25:01 > 0:25:03That's what I would say.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- COMMENTATOR:- Quick kick out. Tyrone get it again.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11It's all over! It's all over!
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Armagh have lost their crown!
0:26:21 > 0:26:23She started the club herself,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27and it initially started with smallish numbers,
0:26:27 > 0:26:32and then, you know, kids and children were realising, you know,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35"It's fine. Here's Michaela." She has a great social life.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39She didn't need any alcohol or anything to have a good time when she was out.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40She thoroughly enjoyed herself.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15I think everyone in the room will wish all year 14 members the very best of luck.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17There are enough Year 13 students here,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20and we will new Year 12 members next year to lead the Pioneer Council,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22so that the Pioneer Council continues,
0:27:22 > 0:27:26and that would be the best and fitting tribute that we could give
0:27:26 > 0:27:30to Mrs McAreavey, who established it way back when she first started teaching.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Michaela may have passed away,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35but the Pioneer Association in our school will never die.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42It's helped me personally and honestly,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45because whenever I'm thinking about all these activities,
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I'd just be thinking about Michaela, you know, and it's all the positive
0:28:48 > 0:28:53aspects of her life, and her laughing her way through things, you know.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I think about, "God, would Michaela like doing this?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57"Would she like doing that?"
0:28:57 > 0:29:03And it just kind of came alive, you know, and I suppose, in many ways,
0:29:03 > 0:29:08it is keeping Michaela alive for me, and that kind of works, you know.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55We got through that first game. We played a certain kind of way.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58It was good in that we were able to adapt from the system
0:32:58 > 0:33:01we had been using a lot all year, and we still got by,
0:33:01 > 0:33:03but there's lots to be learned from that.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29We're just getting weary of it, you know.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31That's the best word to describe it at the minute.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34We wouldn't be particularly happy with some of the sentiments
0:33:34 > 0:33:36that are coming back.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38It would seem that it's done in poor taste,
0:33:38 > 0:33:41a lot of it particularly in the early stages.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44I would be very surprised, and I've heard, obviously, that there
0:33:44 > 0:33:48is apparently apprentice lawyers, maybe, in the courtroom as well.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51And if that's the kind of behaviour that they're teaching them
0:33:51 > 0:33:54to continue to move on with on that island,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57then I pity what their legal system is going to be about in the future.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Obviously, the uncomfortable details of what happened
0:34:30 > 0:34:32are coming out during the trial as well.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37What are your feelings regarding accuracy or inaccuracy of that?
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Well, obviously, we don't go into the final detail of those,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44but there is some stuff you can't avoid.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46And we would be happy in the knowledge that we know
0:34:46 > 0:34:48the kind of person that Michaela was,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and we know the kind of person John is.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57Nobody trying to take her character away will work with us.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00And we are quite sure that anybody that met or knew Michaela
0:35:00 > 0:35:02would know exactly what she stood for,
0:35:02 > 0:35:03and know the kind of person she was,
0:35:03 > 0:35:07and it doesn't matter what fancy barrister thinks
0:35:07 > 0:35:09that he can make a name for himself
0:35:09 > 0:35:12by trying to bring her good name down.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15It won't work with us, and it won't work with those who knew her.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21How do you feel towards the two accused?
0:35:21 > 0:35:26I have no animosity towards them. I pity them, actually.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30And I feel sorry for their family. It has served nobody well, this.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Nobody at all. There can only be losers,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36and that's the pity of any of this kind of incident.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54We were blessed to have somebody like Mark who could go and represent us.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58He did when this awful incident occurred at the time, in January,
0:35:58 > 0:36:01and he felt he could go back again and do that.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04And we are ever grateful to him, because we need him now,
0:36:04 > 0:36:09and we'll always appreciate the very difficult role that he has taken on,
0:36:09 > 0:36:13and that that he is representing our family there.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16And he understands that probably my best place is at home
0:36:16 > 0:36:18with my wife and the rest of the family.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35We had a really marvellous time the whole week.
0:41:35 > 0:41:3969 children came in here on Monday, not knowing each other,
0:41:39 > 0:41:40us not knowing them.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44From day one, it just went from strength to strength to strength.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Whatever we witnessed or encountered last week,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15this is quite the opposite of it.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17It seems a bit ironic, if not predestined,
0:42:17 > 0:42:20that something really positive needs to be available.
0:42:20 > 0:42:25We hoped that John and Mark and Brendan and Claire would have been home much, much before this,
0:42:25 > 0:42:27but is it so happened, they were home the weekend before it.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29And it has been great, because as the week went on,
0:42:29 > 0:42:33you could see them growing with it as well, and growing in normality,
0:42:33 > 0:42:37if you like, again, and having other lives.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42And it's just great to see that they could, as the week went on,
0:42:42 > 0:42:46enjoy themselves more than they have been able to do for quite a while.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08CHEERING
0:44:54 > 0:44:58Ultimately, we'd love to have a permanent centre in Glencull here.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02Dreams become possible when people do things to make them happen,
0:45:02 > 0:45:05and we can see the collective dream, if you like,
0:45:05 > 0:45:10coming through, because people are moving in the right direction.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13The Michaela Foundation, I think, is something
0:45:13 > 0:45:18we want to pursue diligently, if you like, if that's the right word.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22Because it's going to be the epitome of all that Michaela stood for.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15We are a privileged people, despite the tragedy that has happened to us.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19We are privileged because of the level of support that has come our way.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21And I know that even since Michaela died,
0:46:21 > 0:46:23there's lots of families that have been bereaved
0:46:23 > 0:46:27and had serious tragedies visited upon them, and probably don't
0:46:27 > 0:46:30have that overwhelming support at least visible to them that we have.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33And I always say to people, when you're praying for us,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36and praying for Michaela, and thank you very much for that,
0:46:36 > 0:46:37but share it too.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40Share it with all those other people who are hurting at this minute too.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43And there are lots of them. Too numerous to mention.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47But I think if people could actually share the prayers that they are sending to Michaela,
0:46:47 > 0:46:49that would be a really good gift for all of them to do.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00I am depending on God to sustain me,
0:47:00 > 0:47:04and depending on good friends and family to be there with me.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07And I'm depending on the power of prayer.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11And I believe that will always hold me
0:47:11 > 0:47:15whenever things become difficult, as they often do.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19And I can cry, I can be very emotional,
0:47:19 > 0:47:21I can be very sad about what happened.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23'And then I can get over it.'
0:47:26 > 0:47:27Always prepared!
0:47:30 > 0:47:34'I believe that has been the case for me since this happened.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36'I really, really see it as a grace from God,
0:47:36 > 0:47:39'and a grace from Michaela, who would want this for me.
0:47:39 > 0:47:45'She'd want me to know that she's still with me,'
0:47:45 > 0:47:50and that she is still so special to me, and I to her.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52And I will always have that.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54And I think that's the power of prayer,
0:47:54 > 0:47:58that's the power of the belief that we have, and you know,
0:47:58 > 0:47:59I don't see that ever going away.
0:47:59 > 0:48:04So that's my comfort. Why should that go away?
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Why should that ever leave me? Michaela wouldn't leave me.
0:48:07 > 0:48:12My loyal friend would always be there, you know.
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