Truck driver who knocked down rugby star's dad had previous hit/run conviction

A TRUCK driver who drove through a stop-sign junction and seriously injured rugby star Conor Murray's father was previously convicted of motoring-related offences, a court heard.

- BY DAVID RALEIGH

Gerry Murray, 70, was cycling home around 3pm, when Seamus Hanrahan, who was pulling a slurry tanker, struck him, resulting in Mr Murray sustaining a significant brain injury.

Mr Murray, married to former Irish international squash player Barbara Murray, had to re-learn how to walk and talk properly through a gruelling regime of medical therapies, Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Hanrahan, 53, of Kilmore, Granagh, Co Limerick, pleaded guilty to one count of careless driving causing serious bodily harm to Mr Murray, on February 7, 2023.

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Prosecuting barrister Lily Buckley BL told Hanrahan's sentencing hearing that the married father of three from a well-known pig-farming family was travelling within the speed limit at approximately 8-10kph along a slip road to the N20 on the day.