Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Edward McCarthy

1 report across 1 case, 17 Feb 2024 to 17 Feb 2024

Suspect: Edward McCarthy, Irish man (judged from name)Edward McCarthy

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Convicted
Offences
Dangerous driving causing death
Where
Co. Cork
Reporting
1 report, 17 Feb 2024 to 17 Feb 2024
Outlets
galwaybeo.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Stepson breaks silence in Cork dangerous driving death case Dangerous driving causing death · Co. Cork

    On 18 February 2020, Andrzej Obalek, a 55-year-old Polish man, was killed when his car hit a ditch after a collision with Edward McCarthy's car at the Ballybeg Bends near Buttevant, Cork. Gardaí said McCarthy lost control after coming through the bends at excessive speed and crossed to the wrong side of the road. McCarthy pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and in November 2020 was given a two-year suspended sentence and a seven-year driving ban by Judge Sean O Donnabhain at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. In February 2024, the victim's stepson, Dariusz Jakubowski, said the post should not have been allowed to happen after Galway United apologised for an Instagram photo of McCarthy holding a stop sign.

    Sentenced, 17 Feb 2024Convicted · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Edward McCarthy, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 17 Feb2024
    Sentencedgalwaybeo.ie, in Stepson breaks silence in Cork dangerous driving death case
    Stepson of man killed by Galway United footballer Edward McCarthy breaks silence
    convicted, Edward McCarthy, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward McCarthy

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