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Mick Ryan family case

Summary

Deputy Sherlock raises the death of Irish humanitarian Mick Ryan in the Ethiopian Airlines crash and his family’s legal efforts for justice in the United States.

Seán Sherlock Deputy Sean Sherlock Labour Party

I am grateful to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for letting me in. Mick Ryan, an Irish citizen and United Nations humanitarian worker, was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines ET 302 crash on 10 March 2019. His family are seeking justice in the US for his death. Mick Clifford reported on this in last Saturday's edition of the Irish Examiner. In December last year, Naoise Ryan, his widow, who is from Cork, along with the other victims' families, filed a motion in a US court arguing the US Government violated their rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act through a process that allowed Boeing to escape criminal prosecution. I believe Ms Ryan has made contact with the Taoiseach's office. Will the Taoiseach please use his good offices to best support Mick Ryan's widow and family to secure a meeting between her lawyers and the victims' family and US Attorney General Merrick Garland?

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