The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will not issue criminal proceedings over a traffic accident in which a pensioner was knocked down by a garda patrol car, an inquest heard tonight.
Mary Seavers, 74, of Farmhill Park, Goatstown, Dublin died in Beaumont Hospital on June 15th last - 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 in the south of the city 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 Seaver's sons, who were in court, asked the coroner for access to the Garda report on the matter in light of the DPP's decision not to prosecute.
Coroner Dr 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.
The Dublin City Coroner's Court also heard the DPP is considering a Garda file over the deaths of two raiders shot dead by armed detectives during a raid on a post office.
The families of Colm Griffin, 33, and Eric Hopkins, 24, who were shot on May 26th last after detectives foiled an attempt to hold up the post office in Lusk, Co Dublin, attended the hearing.
Insp Vincent Rowan from Balbriggan Garda Station applied to have the inquest adjourned under Section 25 (1) of the Coroner's Act, 1962.
He said: "The DPP has not made a determination."
A post mortem examination by State Pathologist Prof Marie Cassidy found Mr Griffin, from Canon Lillis Avenue in Dublin, died from gunshot injuries to the head and chest.
Mr Hopkins, from Lower Rutland Street, also in Dublin, died of gunshot wounds to the chest.
One raider died at the scene, while the other died in Beaumont Hospital from his injuries.
The coroner adjourned the inquest until March 31st, 2006.