Parents want answers from minister over

PARENTS of a five-year-old girl left partially paralysed after getting caught up in a violent Traveller feud want the Minister for Justice to explain why the person responsible will not stand trial.

The DPP has informed investigating gardaí that no charges will be brought against the teenage Traveller who rammed Elizabeth Heapes into iron railings and left her with horrific injuries when his speeding car mounted the pavement.

The girl's parents, David and Ellen, have warned they will go on a hunger strike outside Leinster House.