But she insisted that she has forgiven Jonathan and can never hate him for what happened.
"I know people do hate him - I know the wider community of the Travelling Community hates him," she said.
"But as I have said 101 times, I am his mother. I forgive him. I couldn't give a hoot what the whole world would say about my son because I knew him as the boy I reared."
The Requiem Mass for the three brothers was shared on September 8 - but while the twins were buried together in Charleville's Holy Cross cemetery, Jonathan was buried with his maternal grandparents in Kilmallock.
Helen said she will never forget the awful events after she and her husband Thomas were contacted as they were on their way to Waterford to buy a toy replica of a barrel-wagon for the twins and told to get back to Charleville immediately.
"I just asked Jesus and Our Blessed Lady, I said 'Please, don't let it be true.' I just kept praying," she told UTV.
"When I got up home there were so many cars and Gardai. A lovely young garda came up to me and all he said to me was: 'Helen, your boys are gone… but the doctors are in there with them trying to help.' At that stage I broke down."
Helen revealed that the first person she sought was her eldest son, Jonathan, amid concerns for his welfare.
"I know people will say: 'What was wrong with her?' But I went looking for my John," she said.
"I wanted my John… my pride and joy… my rock. He was the (back) bone of our family. I will never hate him."
The twins had only made their First Holy Communion in May - and they were buried in the suits bought for that occasion.
In the church Jonathan's coffin was flanked by the matching coffins of his twin brothers.
At the Requiem Mass, Helen's oldest daughter, Bernadette, spoke of the family's devastation at what had happened.
"To my three brothers, Jonathan, Paddy and Tom Tom, your memories of laughter that we shared together as a family growing up together I will treasure for the rest of my life," she said.
"I will always love you and I will always miss you. Forever, our family hearts are broken. From our hearts, we say a fond farewell to the three of you. God will be waiting at the Gates of Heaven to take you in."
The wagon that Thomas and Helen had travelled to Waterford to buy was the centrepiece of the funeral cortege.
- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/mum-forgives-son-at-centre-of-murdersuicide-30617083.html#sthash.W3SWLI2x.dpuf
"I know people do hate him - I know the wider community of the Travelling Community hates him," she said.
"But as I have said 101 times, I am his mother. I forgive him. I couldn't give a hoot what the whole world would say about my son because I knew him as the boy I reared."
The Requiem Mass for the three brothers was shared on September 8 - but while the twins were buried together in Charleville's Holy Cross cemetery, Jonathan was buried with his maternal grandparents in Kilmallock.
Helen said she will never forget the awful events after she and her husband Thomas were contacted as they were on their way to Waterford to buy a toy replica of a barrel-wagon for the twins and told to get back to Charleville immediately.
"I just asked Jesus and Our Blessed Lady, I said 'Please, don't let it be true.' I just kept praying," she told UTV.
"When I got up home there were so many cars and Gardai. A lovely young garda came up to me and all he said to me was: 'Helen, your boys are gone… but the doctors are in there with them trying to help.' At that stage I broke down."
Helen revealed that the first person she sought was her eldest son, Jonathan, amid concerns for his welfare.
"I know people will say: 'What was wrong with her?' But I went looking for my John," she said.
"I wanted my John… my pride and joy… my rock. He was the (back) bone of our family. I will never hate him."
The twins had only made their First Holy Communion in May - and they were buried in the suits bought for that occasion.
In the church Jonathan's coffin was flanked by the matching coffins of his twin brothers.
At the Requiem Mass, Helen's oldest daughter, Bernadette, spoke of the family's devastation at what had happened.
"To my three brothers, Jonathan, Paddy and Tom Tom, your memories of laughter that we shared together as a family growing up together I will treasure for the rest of my life," she said.
"I will always love you and I will always miss you. Forever, our family hearts are broken. From our hearts, we say a fond farewell to the three of you. God will be waiting at the Gates of Heaven to take you in."
The wagon that Thomas and Helen had travelled to Waterford to buy was the centrepiece of the funeral cortege.
- See more at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/mum-forgives-son-at-centre-of-murdersuicide-30617083.html#sthash.W3SWLI2x.dpuf
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