CARRICK ROAD TRAGEDY RECALLED

By Patsy McArdle

THE tragic death of South Monaghan law student Shane O’Farrell (23) from Carrickmacross who was the victim of a hit-and-run driver on August 2nd 2011 was recalled again this week in a poignant interview given to national media by the victim’s mother, Mrs Lucia O’Farrell.
In the interview, relayed on Facebook, Mrs O’Farrell claimed that the authorities had failed in preventing the Lithuanian national responsible for her son’s death from driving, although he had several convictions, and was also described at the time …