Heather Humphreys Issues Apology Live on LMFM to Family of Shane O'Farrell Over Lack of Support after his Tragic Death -

This morning on The Agenda, we were joined in-studio by Presidential election candidate Heather Humphreys. Earlier on in the programme we spoke to Lucia O'Farrell, who 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.When we played the audio of our interview with Lucia for Heather, Heather gave us her reaction to what she was hearing and issued an apology live on LMFM to the bereaved mother. Heather also spoke to us about a range of other issues, including:Why she decided to run for the office of President What she plans to do if elected to the office of President of IrelandIreland’s relationship with Northern Ireland and the possibility of a united IrelandClaims by former Minister for Transport Shane Ross that she was "absolutely opposed" to legislation to automatically disqualify all drivers over the alcohol limitListeners asking The Controversy surrounding her husband having been in the Orange Order.And her opinion on blood sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.