Man charged with friend’s death: ‘Tell his Ma I’m sorry’

A 24-year-old man told gardaí to "tell his Ma I’m sorry" when he was charged over the death of his best friend who died after an alleged taxi hijacking in Dublin.

Alex Doyle, a 25-year-old father of one from Cuffe St in Dublin City centre, was fatally injured after a Skoda Octavia taxi went out of control and crashed into a lamp post, at Mount Brown, near St James’s Hospital, at about 8.45am on Sunday.

The car then hit a line of parked vehicles at Mount Brown. Mr Doyle was thrown from the Skoda and one of his arms was severed. He died in hospital shortly after the accident.