A coroner’s court into the death of Shane O’Farrell was not provided with the full and unredacted versions of statements given by the driver who killed the 23-year-old student.

The Government has been urged to immediately set up a full commission of investigation into the death of Shane O’Farrell after the Dáil voted in favour of such an inquiry.

A mother who lost her only son in a hit-and-run accident and sued the driver for nervous shock has settled her action at the High Court.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has defended her appointment of seven barristers to review around 220 complaints of garda malpractice, despite claims of a conflict of interest.

If there is a "new era" in the Department of Justice — as promised by Minister Frances Fitzgerald when she took over the troubled portfolio — then Lucia O’Farrell can’t see it.

A Department of Justice review into numerous claims of Garda misconduct has been described as meaningless by one of the families whose complaint it is examining.

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has ordered the Garda Ombudsman to conduct a public interest inquiry into events surrounding the death of Shane O’Farrell, the 23-year-old man who was killed in a hit and run in 2011.

A 39 year-old man has gone on trial today accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a 23 year-old cyclist in Monaghan two years ago.