The Director of Public Prosecutions is to re-examine the death of 23-year-old Mr Adrian Moynihan outside a Cork nightclub in 2001, according to his father Andrew.
Mr Moynihan's family have been campaigning for the case to be reopened despite two Garda investigations which produced no prosecutions.
Mr Andrew Moynihan - Adrian's father - went on hunger strike outside the Dáil earlier this year to highlight the case which he said had been "brushed under the carpet".
His protest caused the Minster for Justice, Mr McDowell, to apologise for not being in the Dáil to answer questions on the matter at the same time Mr (Andrew) Moynihan was outside Leinster House protesting.
Mr Moynihan ended his hunger strike after the Minister promised the Garda would look at the case again.
The Minister met with Mr Moynihan yesterday but his Department today said they were unable to confirm whether the DPP was reviewing the case.
"The Minister had a very productive meeting with Mr Moynihan in which updated him on developments but we cannot comment any further than that," a spokeswoman said. But Mr Moynihan told Cork 96 FM this morning that he had been promised the DPP would look again at the case.
Adrian died in March 2001 following an altercation with door staff outside Sidetrax nightclub on Grafton Street in Cork city.
At the inquest into his death, the assistant state pathologist said she believed he as a result of being held down during the incident, which was recorded by closed-circuit television cameras.