German motorcyclist died after he lost control

A German motorcyclist, on a tour of the South-West, died while travelling at a moderate speed on the main Ring of Kerry road after his bike went out of control, glanced off a rock in the margin which drove the machine further out of control and he was thrown from it.

The inquest into the death of Dirk Albert Karl Heinz Riemenschnider, 55, in Killarney, Co Kerry, found death was due to injuries sustained in a road traffic collision.

Mr Riemenschnider was among seven motorcyclists travelling in single line convoy on the N70 road between Waterville and Sneem shortly before 7pm on June 28, 2016. The party, who had been staying at LoughGuitane, Muckross, Killarney, had stopped for a while in Cahersiveen.