Dáil votes for full investigation into death of cyclist

The Government has been urged to immediately set up a full commission of investigation into the death of Shane O’Farrell after the Dáil voted in favour of such an inquiry.

The Dáil passed a Fianna Fáil motion calling for the establishment of the inquiry to investigate claims that repeated Garda failures to arrest a man who later killed the cyclist in a hit-and-run have been covered up.

The 23-year-old graduate was killed on August 22, 2011, when he was knocked off his bicycle while cycling along the N2 road outside Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan.