Man charged with impeding son’s prosecution

A 71-year-old man from Newmarket was arrested yesterday and charged with impeding the prosecution of his son on a charge of dangerous driving causing death.

Inspector Fergal Foley testified he formally arrested Dan Joe Fitzgerald at the courthouse at Washington Street at 10.30am yesterday.

The accused, who was named on the charge sheet as Daniel Fitzgerald of Knockeen, Meelin, Newmarket, Co Cork, was remanded on bail to appear in Cork District Court again on December 15.