Cyclist dies after being struck by car

GARDAÍ were last night speaking to witnesses of a fatal road traffic accident and subsequent fracas which developed on a street in Thurles, Co Tipperary late on Thursday.

A cyclist, 17-year-old Anthony Doyle, was struck by a car at Abbey Road, close to the landmark Railway Bridge in the town. The teenager later died from his injuries.

It is believed that a number of people who knew the deceased arrived at the scene and gardaí had to intervene to separate them and the man who had been driving the car.