Large crowd demands 'justice' for Limerick teenager Savannah Calvert

A CROWD of around 70 people held a demonstration in Limerick in protest at a decision not to press charges over the death of a teenager.

Savannah Calvert, 14, died after being struck by a car in August 2023 when crossing the road at Bank Place in the city.

The family have this month been informed that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will bring no charges against the driver of the car which struck the youngster, who lived with her family in Fairview Crescent, Garryowen.

READ MORE: Closed Limerick road reopens following project completion

The crowd gathered in the city centre this Friday lunchtime, and symbollically marched from Bedford Row up William Street to Limerick's courthouse at Mulgrave Street.

Her eldest sister Diane Calvert previously told Limerick Live that when she heard the DPP will not be prosecuting the case that: "It was like getting stabbed in the stomach and the knife being twisted. The pain came all over again - it was a kick in the teeth. It feels we have no justice."

After they arrived outside the courthouse, the gardai were lined up on one side of the road.

The Calvert family and supporters of theirs lined up across the road outside Limerick Fire Station, chanting "We want justice".

Pictures of Savannah in her Liverpool FC kit were held aloft, while some of the crowd wore t-shirts demanding justice as lunchtime traffic came to a standstill.

One person in the crowd indicated they would return to Limerick Courthouse every week until the DPP changes tack.

Diane told those gathered: "My family will not stop protesting until justice is served. We must not allow this happen to another family. Savannah was a gentle law-abiding citizen. She had her whole lif ahead of her. No-one deserves to die in this way."