A priest, who was in a joyful mood after he learned he wasn’t on the transfer list to another parish, went for lunch only to leave the restaurant and lose his life when he was struck by a bus which went out of control after the driver suffered a cardiac episode which also resulted in his death, an inquest has heard.
The joint inquests in to the deaths of Fr Con Cronin (72) and father of two Mark Wills (51) was heard in Midleton courthouse in Co Cork today.
The inquest heard from Passage West parish secretary, Catherine Concannon, who went for lunch with Fr Cronin in the Bosun Restaurant at 12.40pm on August 3, 2021.
