Bereaved mother: I feel the system let us down

A LITTLE more than eight-and-a-half years ago, 19-year-old Brian Mulvaney was on his way home after a night out in Templeogue, south Dublin, when he was set upon by a group of young men and beaten and kicked to death.

The devastation and horror felt by Brian’s family at the loss of their beloved son and brother was later mixed with anger and frustration, when they realised that one of his attackers was on bail at the time, awaiting sentence after being convicted of three separate assaults.

The beating received by the teenager was so bad, the head injuries so violent, that he could only be identified by his hands and shoes.