John Sweetman
speaker
14,352 appearances
33 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 5d ago
John Sweetman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
Once regarded as shy, friendly and easygoing, he had become increasingly withdrawn and distant.
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Shortly after lunch the next day, Sarah and another student nurse were walking back towards the ear, nose and throat department when they encountered McManus in a hospital corridor, busy with staff, patients and visitors.
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As they passed each other, he called Sarah's name.
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When she turned, he produced a sawn-off shotgun and fired at point-blank range, striking her in the chest.
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The blast sent doctors, nurses and patients scrambling for cover.
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But instead of attacking them, McManus calmly walked away from the scene and entered a nearby storeroom.
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Moments later, a second shot rang out.
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Hospital staff who rushed to investigate found that he had used a weapon to take his own life.
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Investigators would later conclude that the attack had been planned long in advance.
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McManus had taken his father's legally held shotgun from the family home in Quidoo, County Roscommon, shortened the barrels and brought it to the hospital.
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His visit to Sarah's house in the early hours of the morning appeared, in retrospect, to have been a final attempt to repair a relationship whose end he could not accept.
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The killings stunned the hospital and the wider region.
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McManus had worked at Sligo General for three years and was widely regarded as a quiet, level-headed young man, popular in the local community and an active member of his GAA club.
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Friends and colleagues struggled to comprehend how a relationship between two young co-workers had ended in such devastating violence.
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For weeks afterwards, the story dominated conversations in kitchens, pubs and shop doorways across the North West.
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In communities stretching from Sligo to Mayo and Donegal, people spoke of little else, trying to make sense of a tragedy that seemed impossible to understand.
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It was the sort of thing people believed happened somewhere else until it happened close to home.
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But as all of that swirled around her and tainted the atmosphere of her hometown, 18-year-old Anne Gillespie's world remained centered on simpler things.
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Home, school, and above all, her mother, the 51-year-old Annie.
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Anne and Annie, the two were inseparable, and could often be seen walking through town arm in arm.
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