A Cork man has ended his hunger strike outside the Dáil in protest at what he saw as inaction over his son's death outside a Cork nightclub.
Mr Andrew Moynihan's son, Adrian, died following an altercation with nightclub bouncers in the city two years ago.
Mr Moynihan received a written promise from the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, that gardaí would reinvestigate the death of his son.
Mr Moynihan said he was pleased with the reponse.
On Tuesday, he visited the public gallery in the Dáil, from where he expected to see Minister McDowell answer questions regarding his son's death.
Instead the junior Minister, Mr Ivor Callery, was sent to the debate.
It later emerged that Minister McDowell had been in the Dáil bar at the time.
Mr Moynihan later said he felt "degraded"
Following widespread media coverage of Mr McDowell's abscence, the Minister met Mr Moynihan outside the Dáil on Tuesday night and later pursued Adrian's case with Garda Commissioner Mr Pat Byrne.