• ECHO OF TRAGIC ROAD FATALITY AS… CARRICK FAMILY CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON ‘FAILURES’ OF STATE

By PATSY McARDLE
WHAT has been termed as a “blatant failure” of the authorities in relation to lack of action in respect of a non-Irish national driver, who was linked to a series of offences, including driving and drug-related charges, spurred a Carrickmacross family to bring their international campaign to the attention of the British government this week.
Mrs Lucia O’Farrell, whose son Shane, a popular law student, from Carrickmacross, was the victim of the hit-and-run driver in 2011, arranged for a visit to Westminister on Tuesday last to highlight the failure …