Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have raised this with the Tánaiste. The case reveals a litany of dysfunction that is incredible. On that night of 2 August 2011, an hour before Shane O'Farrell was killed, Mr. Gridzuiska - the man who was driving in the hit-and-run car - was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by the Garda national drugs unit. At the scene the gardaí believed the driver and two passengers were in possession of a controlled substance. In any event the vehicle was being driven by an uninsured driver and the vehicle did not have a valid national car test certificate. The gardaí failed to seize the car and instead selected Mr. Gridzuiska to switch from being a passenger to being the driver. The gardaí failed to consider whether Mr. Gridzuiska had valid insurance for the vehicle. It is an extraordinary case. We can learn lessons from the extraordinary level of dysfunction in this case. It is depressing to have to witness it time and again.

For five years Lucia and Jim O'Farrell, along with their family, have been pursuing this case. In all honesty and sincerity, it is time the Oireachtas responded in the only way possible, which is the establishment of an inquiry.

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