Shane O'Farrell: Irish government to apologise over fatal crash
The O'Farrell family have campaigned for years for a public inquiry into their son's death. "Shane's case raises serious issues about how the criminal justice system works and how it ought to work," Mrs O'Farrell told RTÉ's Colm Ó Mongáin. "We await the apology on Tuesday."The body of the young law graduate was found nearly 60 yards (54m) from the point where he was hit by a car on 2 August 2011.Gridziuska, a Lithuanian national, left the scene of the fatal crash but the following day he handed himself into gardaí (Irish police).He had been a regular defendant in courts in Monaghan, Cavan and Louth in the years prior to the killing, according to RTÉ
Prison avoided due to 'administrative error'
In the January before the fatal crash, a ruling from Monaghan Circuit Court meant Gridziuska should have been in jail at the time of Mr O'Farrell's death.Instead, he remained on bail.Another prison sentence handed down in February 2011 was also not imposed.The Court Services of Ireland previously said Gridziuska's prison sentences were never served because of what it described as an administrative error.As part of their long-running campaign, the O'Farrell family have previously travelled to Belfast and Brussels to raise their case in Stormont and the European Parliament.
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