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Hit-and-run motorist released after cyclist’s severed foot found on car

Gardaí are continuing to appeal for witnesses after off-duty police inspector Niall Flood was left with life-changing injuries following the horror incident last week

Wed, Jul 06, 2022 11:10

Hit-and-run driver who left cyclist “for dead” has prison sentence overturned

The motorist, who claimed that he thought he hit a bollard after seriously injuring 51-year-old cyclist Cathal O’Reilly, was also banned from driving for 12 months

Mon, Jun 20, 2022 11:38

Driver “used car as a weapon” in road rage hit-and-run attack on cyclist

The motorist, who believed the cyclist had deliberately damaged his wing mirror, rammed the victim off his bike before driving away

Wed, Feb 16, 2022 12:41

Garda commissioner quashes sanctions against two police officers accused of negligence in hit-and-run case which killed cyclist

The motorist who killed 23-year-old Shane O’Farrell was out on bail from three courts and had been arrested two weeks earlier

Sun, Jan 09, 2022 18:40

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Updated: Jail for driver who had been drinking at illegal lockdown party and left teen cyclist to die

Victim’s father says his son “was left as roadkill by someone who should not have been on the roads”

Thu, Dec 23, 2021 12:37

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Police raid house in hunt for driver who left cyclist critically injured after “targeted” attack

Three police cars and two vans were outside premises in Stoke-on-Trent with raid linked to Friday’s incident in Rochdale

Thu, Dec 16, 2021 12:08

Cyclist critically injured after “targeted” attack in Greater Manchester

Police seek driver of blue Toyota Yaris after incident in Rochdale on Friday morning

Sun, Dec 12, 2021 11:25

Cyclist waited more than three hours for ambulance after hit and run crash

Rider says he was “borderline hypothermic” by the time paramedics reached the scene of the crash in Cambridgeshire last week

Wed, Dec 08, 2021 19:20

Police hunt driver who accelerated towards cyclist, knocking him from his bike, then fled scene

Rider, who had remonstrated about near miss, was left grazed and bruised after incident in Nottinghamshire last month

Wed, Jun 02, 2021 11:04

Hit and run driver who killed cyclist spent a week trying to cover up crash

Victim Scott Walker’s family say they were “let down” by justice system as Ian McFarlane handed community order

Fri, May 28, 2021 12:09