'It should never have happened:' Motorist spared jail for causing crash where cyclist died

The cyclist, a father of six, died as a result of extensive brain damage suffered in the crash at University Hospital Limerick two days later. Picture: Don Moloney

An elderly Tipperary motorist has been given a 12-month suspended sentence for causing a collision which resulted in the death of a cyclist two years ago.

Norman Davis, 76, a commercial van driver and father of three, of Gaulross, Borrisokane, Co Tipperary had pleaded guilty at Tullamore Circuit Criminal Court to careless driving causing the death of Joe Tuohy in a collision on the Roscrea-Shinrone road at Mountheaton Co Offaly on October 7, 2019.