Overview
- Gardaí are exhuming the 87-year-old’s remains in Co Leitrim under a Justice Minister’s order to allow a fresh forensic examination.
- Chief State Pathologist Dr Linda Mulligan is present, with the Garda Technical Bureau and a forensic anthropologist supporting the work under strict protocols.
- The exhumation is part of a live Serious Crime Review Team inquiry led by Detective Superintendent Des McTiernan, who has issued a new appeal for information on Farrell’s final hours.
- Farrell was found unresponsive behind his Rooskey home with facial bruising, bare feet and a broken watch, and an earlier autopsy said he died from a heart attack with no prosecution directed by the DPP.
- A later review by Dr Mulligan said the injuries could fit a fall during a medical event or an assault, and Farrell’s family, who are attending the exhumation, are again urging witnesses to come forward.