Truck driver jailed after hitting cyclist

A TRUCK driver who drove through a stop-sign junction and seriously injured Ireland rugby star Conor Murray's father Gerry has been jailed for 10 months and banned from driving for three years.

- BY DAVID RALEIGH

Seamus Hanrahan, 53, had previous convictions for drink-driving, leaving the scene of a hit-and-run collision, and careless driving, Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Gerry Murray, 70, was cycling home around 3pm, when Hanrahan, behind the wheel of an articulated truck which was pulling a slurry tanker, struck him.