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

Mark Wills

Born between March 1971 and March 1972, from the ages reported. 1 report across 1 case, 21 Mar 2023 to 21 Mar 2023

Victim: Mark Wills, Irish man, 51 (judged from name)Mark Wills

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between March 1971 and March 1972, from the ages reported
Offences
Road traffic incident (fatal, Pedestrian struck by bus)
Where
Co. Cork
Reporting
1 report, 21 Mar 2023 to 21 Mar 2023
Outlets
rte.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Inquest returns accidental death verdict in fatal Monkstown bus crash Road traffic incident (fatal · Co. Cork

    On 3 August 2021, a Bus Éireann bus lost control on Strand Road in Monkstown, Cork, mounting the footpath, striking a pedestrian, and crashing into five parked cars. The pedestrian, Fr Con Cronin, an Irish man aged 72, and the bus driver, Mark Wills, an Irish man aged 51 from Ballincollig, both died. Gardaí investigated whether the driver suffered a medical emergency while driving. In March 2023, a coroner's inquest in Midleton returned a verdict of accidental death for Fr Cronin and death due to natural causes, ventricular hypertrophy, for Wills.

    In court, 21 Mar 2023Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Mark Wills, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 21 Mar2023
    In courtrte.ie, in Inquest returns accidental death verdict in fatal Monkstown bus crash
    Driver lost consciousness before crash, coroner hears
    victim, Mark Wills, 51, male, irish (judged from name)Mark Wills

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