File on death of man, 85, in Dublin bus crash sent to DPP

Frank Daly, an 85-year-old resident of Bargy Road in Dublin's East Wall, met his demise when a Bus Éireann bus plowed through a busy pedestrian zone in the city center on February 5th. Detective Inspector Ken Hoare informed Dublin District Coroner's Court that a file detailing the investigation into Mr. Daly's death would be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The investigation has been ongoing, pending the receipt of a forensic collision report. Daly's brother, Dermot, confirmed his identity at Dublin City Mortuary. Post-mortem results indicated multi-organ and musculoskeletal injuries, along with a tear in Mr. Daly's aorta. The bus, traveling from North Earl Street to Marlborough Street, was believed to have made a disastrous turn onto North Earl Street.

Three other pedestrians also sustained injuries, with one male in his twenties suffering serious yet non-life-threatening wounds. The bus driver, a woman in her fifties, was treated at a hospital and subsequently released. Bus Éireann clarified that the double-decker bus was not on duty at the time of the collision. Daly, a former dispatcher with The Irish Times for over four decades until his retirement in 2002, was a well-known walker and frequent customer at Ann’s Bakery near the crash site. Colleagues at the bakery displayed a photograph of Daly in remembrance of his life.