Shane O'Farrell's family has said there was "cover-up, corruption and collusion" in the investigation into the death of the 23-year-old in a hit and run. The Government will not oppose a Sinn Féin motion calling for an inquiry into O'Farrell's death. Justice Minister Helen McEntee received Cabinet approval to refer a scoping report conducted into the circumstances of his death to the Oireachtas Justice Committee to consider its findings.
It comes as Shane’s mother Lucia O’Farrell told a gathering in Leinster House that her “smiling” son was killed by someone who should not have been on bail at the time. READ MORE: Government and Fianna Fail warned of 'betrayal' to Shane O'Farrell's family if they don't back inquiry call READ MORE: Taoiseach promises to intervene in case of Irish woman facing charges in Dubai who is 'lucky to be alive' Mr O’Farrell, 23, died while cycling near his home in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, on August 2 2011. The driver of the car, Zigimantas Gridziuska, left the scene but later turned himself into Gardaí.
It later transpired that prison sentences imposed on the Lithuanian national in 2010 and 2011 were never served and he remained on bail at the time of Mr O'Farrell's death due to “an administrative error”. In October 2023, Minister McEntee told the Dáil that a scoping exercise conducted by Judge Gerard Haughton had not recommended an independent inquiry and the Government would not set one up. She acknowledged that this was “no.
