Vedran Kohut was a kindness personified who was not defined by his homelessness

Homeless and struggling with schizophrenia, the late Vedran Kohut was nonetheless kindness personified, an adventurer, and immediately likeable, writes Alan Jacques.

On the way home from work in a torrential downpour on Wednesday of last week, I heard a radio report that gardaí in Blanchardstown were investigating a traffic collision on the M50 in which a “male was killed”.

At the time, I was driving in terrible weather so I didn’t give the news much thought other than to briefly think how awful it was that another life had been lost on our roads.