Suspect in fatal hit-and-run to be extradited

A 22-year-old man from the north Cork area, arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident as he was about to board a flight to Australia at Heathrow Airport, is to be extradited.

The suspect, who was arrested on February 11, has not put in an appeal against an extradition order and is due to appear in court here in a matter of days.

He is to be charged arising from the death of 42-year-old cyclist Paud O’Leary, who was knocked down by a vehicle that did not remain at the scene, near Gneeveguilla, Co Kerry, on July 1, 2012.