The senior investigating officer appointed by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to carry out an examination of the original investigation into Roosky farmer Liam Farrell’s death in 2020 will meet family members on Friday at his request.
The family of the 87-year-old widower strongly believe their father was the subject of an assault before he suffered a heart attack.
An inquest into Mr Farrell’s death in September heard that he was discovered by family members at the back door of his home, covered in blood, with his shoes and socks removed, his watch broken and bruising to his left eye and his feet. The jury recorded an open verdict into his death.
The Farrell family is still awaiting the results of garda forensic tests following the discovery of blood in a hayshed on Mr Farrell’s property in September. The blood had been initially discovered by a private forensic company hired by the family.
Ballina based Superintendent Peter Conlon was appointed as Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) by Commissioner Drew Harris to carry out a peer review of the original case with the possibility of carrying out new lines of enquiry.
One of Mr. Farrell’s sons, Willie Farrell, who will be joining Friday’s meeting via Zoom from the US, confirmed to the Roscommon Herald that Supt. Conlon had asked for a meeting with the family on Friday in Carrick-on-Shannon.
“Our intentions is to put it to the SIO officer the concerns we have from the very start about how this case was handled. There will be several questions put to him, whether we get answers to them, we don’t know. It will be a comprehensive meeting,” he said.
The family are still hopeful that Drew Harris will also meet with them in the near future, as he had agreed to do.
It’s understood that Supt. Conlon will be visiting Liam Farrell’s farm following Friday’s meeting in the Landmark Hotel.
The senior investigating officer appointed by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to carry out an examination of the original investigation into Roosky farmer Liam Farrell’s death in 2020 will meet family members on Friday at his request.
The family of the 87-year-old widower strongly believe their father was the subject of an assault before he suffered a heart attack.
An inquest into Mr Farrell’s death in September heard that he was discovered by family members at the back door of his home, covered in blood, with his shoes and socks removed, his watch broken and bruising to his left eye and his feet. The jury recorded an open verdict into his death.
The Farrell family is still awaiting the results of garda forensic tests following the discovery of blood in a hayshed on Mr Farrell’s property in September. The blood had been initially discovered by a private forensic company hired by the family.
Ballina based Superintendent Peter Conlon was appointed as Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) by Commissioner Drew Harris to carry out a peer review of the original case with the possibility of carrying out new lines of enquiry.
One of Mr. Farrell’s sons, Willie Farrell, who will be joining Friday’s meeting via Zoom from the US, confirmed to the Roscommon Herald that Supt. Conlon had asked for a meeting with the family on Friday in Carrick-on-Shannon.
“Our intentions is to put it to the SIO officer the concerns we have from the very start about how this case was handled. There will be several questions put to him, whether we get answers to them, we don’t know. It will be a comprehensive meeting,” he said.
The family are still hopeful that Drew Harris will also meet with them in the near future, as he had agreed to do.
It’s understood that Supt. Conlon will be visiting Liam Farrell’s farm following Friday’s meeting in the Landmark Hotel.
The senior investigating officer appointed by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris to carry out an examination of the original investigation into Roosky farmer Liam Farrell’s death in 2020 will meet family members on Friday at his request.
The family of the 87-year-old widower strongly believe their father was the subject of an assault before he suffered a heart attack.
An inquest into Mr Farrell’s death in September heard that he was discovered by family members at the back door of his home, covered in blood, with his shoes and socks removed, his watch broken and bruising to his left eye and his feet. The jury recorded an open verdict into his death.
The Farrell family is still awaiting the results of garda forensic tests following the discovery of blood in a hayshed on Mr Farrell’s property in September. The blood had been initially discovered by a private forensic company hired by the family.
Ballina based Superintendent Peter Conlon was appointed as Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) by Commissioner Drew Harris to carry out a peer review of the original case with the possibility of carrying out new lines of enquiry.
One of Mr. Farrell’s sons, Willie Farrell, who will be joining Friday’s meeting via Zoom from the US, confirmed to the Roscommon Herald that Supt. Conlon had asked for a meeting with the family on Friday in Carrick-on-Shannon.
“Our intentions is to put it to the SIO officer the concerns we have from the very start about how this case was handled. There will be several questions put to him, whether we get answers to them, we don’t know. It will be a comprehensive meeting,” he said.
The family are still hopeful that Drew Harris will also meet with them in the near future, as he had agreed to do.
It’s understood that Supt. Conlon will be visiting Liam Farrell’s farm following Friday’s meeting in the Landmark Hotel.
