Jeweller, 49, died after fall on street

One of Cork’s best-known jewellers, who was found critically injured on a street after a Christmas party, died from head injuries consistent with a fall, an inquest has established.

Cork City coroner Philip Comyn returned a verdict of death by misadventure yesterday following an inquest into the death of Kevin McCarthy, 49, from Nun’s Walk, Ballyphehane.

Mr McCarthy, who worked for more than two decades in the landmark Keane’s Jewellers outlet on Cork’s Oliver Plunkett St, was found bleeding and unconscious on Travers St, a short but steep street between Sullivan’s Quay and Douglas St, at around 2am on November 26, 2017, a few minutes after leaving his staff Christmas party.