Gardaí would be able to arrest someone, suspected of breaching their bail conditions, without a warrant - under new recommendations on bail reform.
It's one of 15 suggestions included in a review commissioned by Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan and carried out by senior counsel Lorcan Staines.
The report states Ireland's current bail system is inefficient, with poor information sharing between agencies leading to weak oversight of bail compliance.
Zigimantas Gridziuska, the motorist who struck Mr O’Farrell while he was cycling near his home, had been in frequent legal trouble in the State from 2008 onwards.
Between 27 January 2010 and the fatal incident on 2 August 2011, he was convicted of 30 offences which had been committed while he was on bail, and he was on bail for at least six offences at the time of the collision.
He appeared before Judge John O’Hagan at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court on 11 January 2011 and was warned that he would be imprisoned if he came back before the courts during a year-long adjournment.
Shane's mother, Lucia, says the review is very welcome.
