Jim O’Callaghan, the minister for justice, announced a review of the law on bail in the Dáil last week as he apologised to the family of the late Shane O’Farrell, who was killed in August 2011 while cycling near his home in Co Monaghan by a criminal who should have been in jail.  O’Farrell was 23. But a State apology and the minister’s undoubtedly sincere words do not bring closure to the case. Nor do they explain what actually happened or why.  Jim O’Callaghan recited a chain of events which were already in the public record. But he evidenced no…

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