Family of Shane O’Farrell Hit Out at Heather Humphreys Over Not Representing and Supporting Them Over the Years - 07/10/2025

Lucia O'Farrell has hit out at Ms Humphreys over not representing and supporting her family over the years.The mother of Shane O’Farrell believes her family has been failed by Heather Humphreys over the years while she was elected to the Dail.Shane was killed while cycling on the N2 near Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan, and his family was given a State apology earlier this year over the authorities’ handling of the case.Zigimantas Gridziuska, a Lithuanian man who was out on bail when he ran into Shane’s bicycle and left him on the side of the road, had been stopped by the Garda drugs squad an hour before the fatal collision.He had 42 previous convictions for crimes including road-traffic offences, theft and heroin possession. Lucia O’Farrell has been reacting to the debate on RTE's Week in politics with Aine Lawlor that took place yesterday.During that debate, a question was posed to Heather Humphreys about the disappointment from the O'Farrell family over her handling of their case in seeking justice.Lucia says she feels that Ms Humphreys never supported her throughout the years while she was a TD for the region.Lucia joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.