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Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has informed the family of Shane O’Farrell that he is still deliberating on the possibility of initiating a public inquiry into the case. Shane O’Farrell, a 23-year-old law graduate, was tragically killed in a hit-and-run incident in 2011 near his home in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan. The driver, Zigimantas Gridziuska, had multiple prior convictions and was …

A Garda officer who was found guilty of sexually assaulting and falsely imprisoning a woman at a station in Co Wicklow has been sentenced to six years in prison. William Ryan, 41, was convicted last year on three counts of sexual assault and one count of false imprisonment at Aughrim Garda Station in September 2020. Despite initially denying all charges, …