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Brian Rossiter inquest to be delayed
The inquest into the death of Clonmel schoolboy Brian Rossiter who fell unconscious while in Garda custody will not take place until an independent inquiry into the circumstances of his arrest and detention is completed, a coroner has said, writes Barry Roche.
Cork City Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane said that she would wait until senior counsel Hugh Hartnett has completed his report into Brian Rossiter's detention at Clonmel Garda station before she opens the inquest into the death of the 14-year-old boy.
Brian fell into a coma while in Garda custody in Clonmel Garda station on the night of 10/11th September, 2002 and died two days later at Cork University Hospital on September 13th and a postmortem revealed that he died as a result of head injuries.
Yesterday at Cork Coroner's Court, Insp John Quilter said that the report by Mr Hartnett was still not complete and because it was an independent inquiry, he and the State had no information as to when it was likely to be completed.
Dr Cullinane said that she had recently received correspondence from solicitors acting for Brian Rossiter's family who had informed her that they believed that Mr Hartnett's report is "still some way from completion."
Man killed in Mayo farm accident
A man killed in a farm accident near Foxford, Co Mayo, yesterday has been named locally as Owen O'Neill from the townland of Rinanney.
Mr O'Neill (59), a father of two, had been working on his farm when a bale of silage fell on him.
Mr O'Neill had been working with another man who was on a tractor at the time. The men had been removing bales from a stack of silage for feeding to livestock when the accident occurred around midday.
It is understood that Mr O'Neill, died instantly.
Carthy shooting criticised in book
Abbeylara siege victim John Carthy may have left his house to look for cigarettes when he was shot four times by armed Garda officers, his sister Marie says in a new book published today.
The Garda Emergency Response Unit team felt threatened by the manic depressive after he emerged from his house with his loaded shotgun after a 25-hour siege in April 2000.
But Carthy's sister Marie said: "He could have been coming out for cigarettes - he was a chain smoker. Plus they told him I was up the road, so he could have been coming up to talk to me."
She was speaking in a new book called Abbeylara - The Tragic Shooting of John Carthy by journalist Regina Hennelly who covered daily sittings of the Barr Tribunal.
Marie, who is currently in the second year of a four-year counselling degree at NUI Maynooth, is also critical about the large Garda presence at the scene of the siege. "If they had just kept away and left him alone, he would have been fine," she insisted.
Marie hopes to use her counselling degree to offer professional help to those suffering from depression.
Hardiman to join UCD law school
Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman of the Supreme Court has joined the staff of the UCD School of Law as Judge in Residence for this academic session.
Previous holders of this post include the former chief justice, Mr Ronan Keane, Mr Justice Frank Griffin and Mr Justice Donal Barrington.
During the course of his residency in the UCD School of Law, Mr Justice Hardiman will deliver a number of lectures to the student body, as well as engaging with academic staff in staff seminars.
The university said that one of the primary purposes of the Judge in Residence programme is to provide an interface between members of the judiciary and the academic legal community.