Buncrana man appears in court over fatal Clonmany hit-and-run

A Buncrana man has appeared in court in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision in Clonmany at the weekend.

Kevin Grant was before Letterkenny District Court on Thursday morning, hours after the victim, a man aged in his 60s, died.

Grant, a 36-year-old of Páirc Mór, Buncrana, appeared amid a large garda presence at Letterkenny courthouse.

Judge Ciaran Liddy granted bail with Grant\ to appear again before Buncrana District Court on June 13, 2024.

The male victim of the hit-and-run passed the man, was a male pedestrian when he was struck by a vehicle at around 12.15am on Sunday.

The vehicle left the scene of the collision.

Having initially been taken to Letterkenny University Hospital, he was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. He died on Wednesday as a resulty of injuries sustained in the collision.

A post mortem examination will take place in due course.

“This investigation is now a fatal road traffic collision investigation,” a Garda spokesperson confirmed.

Following a garda operation on Sunday, Grant was arrested and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

On Monday at 4.42pm, detectives at Buncrana Garda Station charged Grant with eight offences, including endangerment, two counts of dangerous driving, refusing to give information, refusing to give a sample and three charges under the Road Traffic Act connected with an alleged hit-and-run incident.

He was previously brought before a special sitting of Letterkenny District Court on Monday.

The court was told that full CCTV footage of the alleged incident had been taken from several premises in the immediate area.

Detective Garda Sergeant Killian Callaghan said that Gardai were objecting to bail in the case on a number of grounds.

Solicitor for the accused man, Mr Frank Dorrian, outlined why he was objecting to bail being refused to his client.

Having considered both applications, Judge Liddy granted bail on condition that Grant – who is currently working for a construction company in Dublin - sign on at Buncrana Garda Station on Saturdays and Sundays, provide a €750 cash lodgement, provide a phone number to gardai and be of sober habits.