An American doctor wept in court as he spoke of his oath to do no harm in a case where he admitted that his dangerous driving caused the death of a woman visiting Cork to see her first grandchild.

An ER surgeon returned from Portland, Oregan, to Cork yesterday to face a charge of dangerous driving causing the death of a woman in Cork during the summer.

A man bought a tank of nitrogen over the counter from an industrial gas supplier and used it in a homemade suicide kit, an inquest heard yesterday.