As a cyclist I’ve had several near misses over the years some accidental some caused by carelessness, however there is a new trend out there particularly with idiot boy racer types and their brain dead passangers; drive as close as you can to a cyclist, open your window and shout and scream as loud as you can. This has happened to me several times most recently last sat on the n3. I presume this is done to scare the cyclist and it works, believe me. I have heard anecdotally about car doors being opened to knock the cyclist off: this should be treated as attempted murder if its true

Poor soul, thoughts with the family.

Very dangerous road and full of boy racers and girl racers and lots of lorries. Very sad news but not the only pedestrian that has died on that road in the last ten years.

I have cycled along this road many times and it can be frightening when some thick driver speeds past with just a foot or so to spare….more so when it’s a large artic. There are artics and ridged lorries who visit a certain tall building just outside Clonroche who have passed me far too close for comfort on a number of occasions. Pity the Road Safety Authority and the Gardai would not apply themselves more towards educating drivers or run a campaign. It would be a sensible idea I feel now that there are so many more cyclists on the road.

Condolences to his family.
It’s does seem like there are a lot more car crashes in the last few weeks.

He’s only 31 years old and has 4 kids between the ages of 1and a half and 10years old … Absolutely tragic.
The road is awful and it’s known to have people speeding but yet there is never a speed camera there.
Either way it always seems to be innocent people to get hurt…

that whole area is deadly because of boy racers. guards won’t do anything to stop them.

People drive like total idiots on that road. I’ve nearly been hit a few times myself.

A lot of heavy machinery being moved between farms+impatient drivers attempting dangerous overtaking is a recipe for disaster.

Tractors and the likes cause a hell of a lot of accidents on Irish roads. In many countries they are banned from driving on public roads yet in Ireland we see them parked outside the shops.

My sympathies to that poor man and his family.