Do not truncate inquiry, urge lawyers for Kivlehan family

Lawyers for Michael Kivlehan told the coroner’s court that "if there’s an attempt to truncate the inquest or reduce it to a level that does not meet these requirements, the Kivlehans will be unhappy and take their unhappiness elsewhere".

Solicitor Damien Tansey told coroner Eamon MacGowan: “The family are so concerned about the inquiry that is about to be embarked on, they are so concerned about its lack of thoroughness, its lack of comprehensiveness, they may well withdraw their request that the inquest happen.”

“The inquest the Kivlehans have waited four years for will be exhaustive and will be fulsome and will be thorough,” he said.