A debit card belonging to a 72-year-old man who denies impeding the prosecution of his son for a fatal hit- and-run was used to pay for his son’s flight to Australia following the incident, a jury was told yesterday.

A 72-year-old man has denied a charge of impeding the prosecution of his son for dangerous driving causing death.

A judge and jury will hear the case against a 71-year-old man charged with impeding the prosecution of his son for dangerous driving causing death.

Legal costs, paid for by the State, associated with the 14-day trial of a 23-year-old man who denied killing a father of four who had been training for the annual Ring of Kerry charity cycle in July 2012 have amounted to just under €70,000.