Article: FAREWELL TO THE SISTER I FOUGHT TO RAISE; Sadness for Frances as the girl she became mum to leaves home for a career of her own.(News)

TEARS flowed in a remote farmhouse in rural Ireland as an 18-year- old girl said goodbye to her family .

Frances and Anthony Lennon clutched their sister Bernadette during an emotional farewell as she set off for a new career in Dublin.

It was a scene played out in homes all over the country as the young school-leaver struck out on her own at the start of a bright new future.

But for the Lennon family - and for older sister Frances, 28, in particular - Bernadette's departure was a remarkable milestone.

For the last six years Frances had ...

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