There were a number of flakes of silver paint on the road, indicating where the car driven by Sean Collins hit cyclist Stefan Cooper from behind.

The parents of a little boy killed in a hit-and-run accident have called for tighter driving licence controls after it emerged a brain-damaged motorist had his licence renewed without having to resit a driving test.

A mother wept yesterday as a jury returned a verdict of accidental death in an inquest into the death of her only child in a road crash in West Cork.

The family of a woman who was crushed by a bus has called on Bus Éireann to review the positioning of ticket machines in its fleet after it emerged that one of the devices blocked a driver’s view seconds before the tragic accident.