Slovakian teen accused over road death ‘not a flight risk’

A 19-year-old Slovakian man has appeared in court charged with the dangerous driving causing the death of GAA coach Eugene McNamara.

At a special sitting of Ennis District Court on Saturday, Rene Miko, of Place de Plouzane, Kilrush, Co Clare, was also charged with unlawfully taking a 02 WW registered car on the same date, October 26, in Ennis.

A young brother of double All-Ireland winning Clare hurler Stephen McNamara, Eugene McNamara, 42, lost his life as a result of the incident when he was walking along a footpath just after 10pm on October 26, 2016, at the McDonalds roundabout in Ennis.