Man, 72, denies impeding prosecution of son

A 72-year-old man has denied a charge of impeding the prosecution of his son for dangerous driving causing death.

The man’s son was convicted in March 2015 of dangerous driving causing the death of cyclist Paudie O’Leary on July 1, 2012, at Scrahanafadda, Gneeveguilla, Co Kerry,

Daniel (Dan Joe) Fitzgerald of Knockeen, Meelin, Newmarket, Co Cork, was yesterday arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on the charge that when another person, namely Shane Fitzgerald, having committed an arrestable offence, he impeded the apprehension or prosecution of his son.