Shatter orders inquiry into hit-and-run death

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.

Mr O’Farrell’s family has been campaigning for an inquiry into the conduct of members of the gardaí and other state agencies before and after Mr O’Farrell was killed outside Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, on August 2, 2011.

A Lithuanian, Zigimantas Gridziuska subsequently pleaded guilty for failing to stop at the scene of an accident, and received an eight-month suspended sentence.