Tag Archives: Coroner Isobel O’Dea

An 18-year-old Leaving Cert student died in a car crash in Cratloe in south east Clare less than one hour after kissing his mother on the cheek good night and telling her that he loved her. At the inquest in Clare into the death of John Daly, John’s mother, Linda Daly said that there remains unanswered questions around the lead-up to her son’s death. John died 150 metres from his home when his father Sean’s car, that he was driving, burst into flames after it crashed at a level crossing at around 2.55am on the morning of St Patrick’s Day 2020. John had attended a party at a friend’s house earlier that evening and got a lift home with a friend’s father, Pat Horgan. In her deposition, Linda Daly said: “Around 2am John came into my room to let me know that he was home and gave me a kiss goodnight and told me he loved me.” However, within an …

THE wife of West Clare undertaker George Morrissey led the frantic effort to revive the 73-year-old, after he was penned by a mini-digger. The popular businessman and father-of-four died in a workplace accident at his home on February 27 last. Mr Morrissey sustained crush injuries after being penned down by his Bobcat mini-digger at his workshop at Clonadrum, Mullagh. Mary Morrissey was married to George for 47 years and, in her deposition at a coroner’s inquest in Ennis this week, she said she used to work as a nurse and described how she gave her husband cardiac massage and mouth to mouth resuscitation until the emergency services arrived. Minutes earlier, Paul Coughlan – who worked for the Morrissey family – raised the alarm after hearing a noise in an adjoining shed. Mr Coughlan said he saw that the frame of the mini-digger was on Mr Morrissey and that he tried in vain to lift the forks up, pointing out that the gear stick was in the way of freeing Mr Morrissey. Mr …