Young Cork City player avoids jail but will 'live with knowledge of having killed someone'

The 19-year-old was given a two-year suspended jail sentence and seven-year driving ban.

Judge Ó Donnabháin said it was a difficult case with one aggravating factor, namely speed. File image

A 19-year-old Cork City FC player was reminded today that he was going to have to live with the fact that his dangerous driving had caused the death of another man.

19-year-old Edward Power McCarthy of 66 College Avenue, Moyross, County Limerick, was given a two-year suspended jail sentence and seven-year driving ban at Cork Circuit Criminal Court today where he pleaded guilty.