Patrick Nugent's family secures state inquiry into his death in 1984

A Clare family has won a 31-year battle to secure a new state inquiry into the mysterious death of 23-year-old Patrick Nugent, a banqueting manager, in Bunratty, in the early hours of February 11, 1984.

His family have called on the Department of Justice to set up a wide-ranging public inquiry as quickly as possible, though its terms of reference have yet to be determined.

A campaign for justice for Patrick, late of Feenagh, Sixmilebridge, by his late parents, Joe and Nellie, and since by his brothers, Martin and John, has spanned three decades.