Man charged with taxi driver murder

A 37-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with the murder of a taxi driver in Cork city.

Lloyd Buckley of Flat F, 3 Rocksprings Terrace, St Luke’s, Cork, appeared before a special sitting of Cork District Court on Saturday charged with the murder of 62-year-old father-of-two Michael Healy between September 18 and 22.

Mr Healy’s body was found at his apartment, also in Rocksprings Terrace, last Wednesday. The taxi driver was a native of Grenagh, near Mallow in Co Cork.