Family wants to know why inquest took 36 years

A Limerick family wants Justice Minister Alan Shatter to find out why it took almost 36 years to hold an inquest into the death of their brother.

Building labourer John O’Driscoll was 24 when he died after being struck on the head with a pool cue in a pub in Castleconnell. Local milkman Michael Coffey was given a two-year suspended jail sentence at Limerick Circuit Court in May 2007 for manslaughter.

An inquest in Limerick yesterday recorded a verdict of manslaughter and noted death was due to a brain haemorrhage, due to a blow on the side of the head and neck.