Shane O'farrell

A review of the bail system carried out by Lorcan Staines SC has recommended improvements to legislation and practice. Mr Staines has made 15 recommendations for reform in his 448-page report, which justice, home affairs and migration minister Jim O'Callaghan said were now being reviewed by official

Lorcan Staines SC has been appointed to lead a review of bail laws as part of the government's response to the killing of law graduate Shane O'Farrell in 2011. Mr O'Farrell, who completed his LLB at University College Dublin and his LLM at Trinity College Dublin, was struck and killed by a motorist

Judge Gerard Haughton has been appointed to conduct a scoping exercise into the circumstances leading to a cyclist's death over seven years ago. Shane O'Farrell, 23, was killed in a hit-and-run near his home in Co Monaghan in August 2011. The driver of the car, Zigimantas Gridziuska, had dozens of p