NCT report to be released for vehicle involved in fatal crash

The mother of a young woman who was killed while driving a defective car said she is "delighted" she will receive the report from the vehicle’s final NCT.

Paula Murphy, from Farranree in Cork, had appealed to Applus Car Testing Service, the company that oversees the National Car Testing Service, to release the test results following the death of her daughter Amanda O’Flaherty, 26, who was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Cobh on December 29, 2012.

An inquest at Cork City Coroner’s Court heard evidence that Ms O’Flaherty’s 95-D registered Mazda 121, which she had bought six months previously and had a valid NCT cert, was not roadworthy.