Fears Cork father may have died from CJD

TESTS are taking place amid fears that a Cork father may have died from the rare, lethal brain disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

The long-haul truck driver, aged 48, from the northside of Cork city, passed away last Saturday after being struck down with a still unconfirmed illness.

The English man, who had been living in Ireland for more than a decade after marrying a Cork woman, was buried on Thursday at St Catherine’s cemetery in Kilcully after undergoing treatment for a number of weeks.