{"id":55390,"date":"2025-09-10T15:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/55390\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:12:13","slug":"parents-of-boy-killed-by-van-lose-appeal-against-dpps-decision-to-bring-no-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/55390\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of boy killed by van lose appeal against DPP’s decision to bring no charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of a young Clare schoolboy who was fatally injured in a road traffic collision near his home last year have lost their appeal against the decision of the DPP<\/a> that there should be no criminal prosecution in relation to his death.<\/p>\n

Dylan Coady-Coleman, 10, of Corrib Drive, Shannon, Co Clare died from his injuries at Children\u2019s Health Ireland at Temple Street in Dublin on February 28, 2024.<\/p>\n

The boy, who was a fourth class pupil from St Tola\u2019s NS in Shannon, was transferred to the hospital in Dublin for specialist care after originally being treated at University Hospital Limerick where he was brought after being struck by a van at Purcell Park, Shannon, Co Clare three days earlier.<\/p>\n

\" The funeral cortege of Dylan Coady Coleman at Mary Immaculate Church, Shannon, in March 2024. Picture: Brendan Gleeson<\/p>\n

The fatal incident took place a short distance from the boy\u2019s home at around 2pm.<\/p>\n

A man in his 20s was arrested as part of the garda investigation into the death of the schoolboy but he was later released without charge.<\/p>\n

Coroner’s Court<\/p>\n

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner\u2019s Court\u00a0\u00a0on Wednesday heard that an appeal by Dylan\u2019s parents, Garry Coleman and Laura Coady, against the DPP\u2019s direction that no criminal prosecution was warranted in relation to the circumstances of their son\u2019s death had been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Ken Hoare told coroner Aisling Gannon the review sought by the deceased boy\u2019s family had been considered but that \u201cthe DPP\u2019s decision remains the same\u201d. Det Insp Hoare said the garda investigation file on the case was now being submitted to the coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Dylan\u2019s parents, who attended the inquest via videolink, did not speak during the brief hearing.<\/p>\n

However, the family\u2019s solicitor, Caitriona Carmody, asked for an indication of when the full inquest might be heard and also applied to be furnished with copies of statements and forensic reports in relation to the fatal incident.<\/p>\n

Full inquest unlikely in the next six months<\/p>\n

Ms Gannon replied that the inquest was unlikely to be held within the next six months as the coroner\u2019s office was facing significant delays. However, the coroner promised that she would give the case priority as it involved the death of a very young person.<\/p>\n

Ms Gannon said the final determination of the DPP on the matter meant she could begin her fact-finding inquiry into the circumstances of Dylan\u2019s death which would involve an investigation of legal and medical matters arising in the case.<\/p>\n

At a previous hearing of the inquest last December, the coroner confirmed that the results of an autopsy showed that Dylan had died as a result of catastrophic head injuries arising from a road traffic collision.<\/p>\n

Mr Coleman also revealed that he and his partner had made the decision to donate their son\u2019s organs for transplant after being informed by hospital staff that there was nothing more that could be done to save his life.<\/p>\n

The death of the schoolboy was considered particularly tragic as Ms Coady gave birth to a baby boy in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin on the day before her other son died.<\/p>\n

The infant, who was brought to Dylan\u2019s bedside before he passed away, was christened Shane Dylan, in honour of his late brother.<\/p>\n

The couple also have a daughter, Zoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a young Clare schoolboy who was fatally injured in a road traffic collision near his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,27,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,11697,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-55390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-courts","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-road-safety","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}