The DPP will not bring a criminal prosecution over a traffic accident in which a pensioner was knocked down by a Garda patrol car, an inquest heard yesterday.
Mary Seavers (74), Farmhill Park, Goatstown, Dublin, died in Beaumont Hospital on June 15th - three weeks after she was struck by a Garda patrol car in Clonskeagh.
Insp Martin McGonnell from Donnybrook Garda station said: "Directions have been received back from the DPP, no proceedings in the case."
Mrs Seavers was waiting at a bus stop on Clonskeagh Road on the afternoon of May 22nd, 2005 when she was struck by the patrol car.
The inquest has heard Mrs Seavers died from acute respiratory distress syndrome due to multi-organ failure caused by head and leg trauma.
Solicitor Henry Lappin, representing Mrs Seavers's sons, who were in court, asked the coroner for access to the Garda report in light of the DPP's decision.
Coroner Brian Farrell said: "Rest assured you will see all the materials."
The coroner set a date of March 9th, 2006 for the full inquest to take place.