Man arrested on Cork Airport runway over death of Kerry cyclist

Gardaí arrested a man on the runway at Cork Airport yesterday and charged him with dangerous driving causing the death in July 2012 of a cyclist preparing for the Ring of Kerry charity cycle.

Detective Sergeant Fergal Foley arrested Shane Fitzgerald, 21, of Upper Knockeen, Knockduff, Meelin, Newmarket, Co Cork, at the airport.

Fitzgerald was charged that with a single count, that on July 1, 2012, at Scrahanfadda, Gneeveguilla, Co Kerry, he drove dangerously thereby causing the death of Paudie O’Leary. When cautioned that he was not obliged to say anything and asked if he wanted to say anything, he said, “No.”