Student hit by Luas tram after he died from fall in late-night cycle home on track

Autopsy showed teenager was already dead before the impact with the Luas tram, Dublin District Coroner's Court heard

Parents of Cormac Ó Braonáin, Lúghaidh Ó Braonáin and Eva Walsh with a photo of their son at the Coroners Court inquest into his death. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins 

A student with a bright future as a politician was already dead from a fall to the ground off his bicycle before he was struck shortly afterwards by a Luas tram near Dublin city centre, an inquest has heard.

Cormac Ó Braonáin, 19, a second-year student of medical science and international relations at UCD and chairperson of Labour Youth, was killed after coming off his bicycle while cycling along the Luas track at Peter’s Place in the early hours of December 15, 2019.