Businessman, 39 dies in bicycle accident

A WELL-KNOWN Co Clare businessman died tragically yesterday when he was knocked of his bicycle along a busy dual-carriageway.

Last night the victim was named locally as father-of-four Howard Flannery, aged 39, from Ennis.

He was well known in the business community in Clare and was involved in a number of popular pubs and night clubs in the county including the Coast in Lahinch and MT Pockets in Ennis.