Rally in which West Cork driver died should not have taken place due to bad weather conditions, inquest hears

Eoin McCarthy died after his car slid into a stream during heavy rain in the Killarney Forest Rally in February 2022

Eoin McCarthy and his co-driver Daniel O’Brien on the Killarney Forest Rally in 2022. Picture: Martin Walsh.

Race marshals were concerned about conditions before a race in which a 22-year-old West Cork rally driver died, with one marshal casting doubt as to whether it should take place, an inquest has heard.

Dunmanway's Eoin McCarthy died following an accident on the Castleisland-based Killarney Forest Rally in February 2022.