Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan will deliver a public apology to the family of hit-and-run victim Shane O’Farrell in the Dáil next week.
The apology follows years of campaigning by the family of the 23-year-old who was killed while out cycling near his home in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, on 2 August 2011.
The driver of the car, Zigimantas Gridziuska, should have been in custody at the time of the killing.
In a statement today to Saturday with Colm Ó Mongáin on RTÉ Radio 1, Shane’s mother, Lucia said: “We note Minister O Callaghan will make an apology to Shane on Tuesday.
“Shane’s case raises serious issues about how the criminal justice system…