Family of Offaly student killed by motorist say his apology and guilty plea are 'too little, too late'

Jordan Murphy's father, Alan, said: “It was so heart-wrenching to see my son’s life slowly slipping away."

Judge Keenan Johnson also became emotional as he said such cases were the hardest type to deal with. File picture: iStock

The family of a young student killed by a motorist who drove through red lights at a pedestrian crossing have claimed his apology and guilty plea to a charge of dangerous driving 27 months after the accident were “too little, too late.” 

Jordan Murphy (aged 19), a 2nd-year business student at the Athlone Institute of Technology died after being hit by a Ford Transit van driven by garage owner, John O’Shea, at Bonavalley, Athlone, Co Westmeath, on the morning of September 11, 2018.