Murder victim's mother asks why it has taken eight years to open son's inquest

The mother of a Limerick man gunned down eight years ago has sought answers as to why it has taken eight years for an inquest into his death to be held.

Robert Sheehan, 21, was shot and critically wounded at Bunratty Castle Hotel in Co Clare, in the early hours of September 2, 2012, and died the following day at University Hospital Limerick.