A case was brought to the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) by the partner of Mr Ronan O’Lochlainn who was shot dead by a member of An Garda Síochána in 1998, in a failed robbery attempt. The inquest into the death was opened in 1998, and did not come to a conclusion until 2009. The Applicant complained that the investigation into her partner’s death did not satisfy the procedural requirements of Article 2, the right to life, under the ECHR.