A STATUTORY inquiry into the death of teenager Brian Rossiter after being found unconscious in a garda cell could be finished within weeks, a coroner was told yesterday.

A GRIEVING father has vowed not to rest until he finds out who is responsible for his 14-year-old son’s death.

A 26-YEAR-OLD who drank 12 or 13 pints of cider said he head-butted 14-year-old Brian Rossiter, kicked him in the head and gave him an upper cut into the jaw, all because he made a comment about his brother.

THE inquiry into the death of a Co Tipperary teenager who died after falling unconscious in garda custody is expected to conclude in mid-July, a coroners’ court was told yesterday.

THE Justice Department has reiterated its intention to press ahead the impending inquiry into the death of a 14-year-old boy after he had been in garda custody.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has reiterated that he has no power to get involved in an internal DPP inquiry in relation to the Brian Rossiter affair.

Fine Gael is demanding a public explanation of how serious charges were laid against a Co Tipperary man without the authorisation of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has begun investigating how gardaí charged a 25-year-old man with the manslaughter of a teenage boy without authorisation, it emerged tonight.