Mother of cyclist killed in hit and run says Helen McEntee's failure to refer inquiry was 'shameful behaviour'

The family of Shane O'Farrell have campaigned for a public inquiry into his death.

The failure of former justice minister Helen McEntee to refer a scoping inquiry into the fatal hit and run of Shane O’Farrell to the Oireachtas Justice Committee before the election has been described by his mother as “shameful behaviour”.

Last July, Ms McEntee said she would write to the justice committee to ask it to look at the recommendations and conclusions of a scoping report into the death of the 23-year-old cyclist in August 2011.