{"id":481800,"date":"2026-06-04T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481800\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:46:08","slug":"bus-driver-returned-for-trial-at-waterford-courthouse-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481800\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus driver returned for trial at Waterford Courthouse &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The bus driver charged with dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers has been returned for trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The trial, which caused the death of two teenagers who were travelling on an e-scooter in Waterford almost two years ago, came before Judge Eugene O&#8217;Kelly at Waterford Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The collision, which occurred on the Cork Road in Waterford city in the early hours of June 27, 2024, resulted in the deaths of Gilbert Collins and Avuzwa Idris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The teenagers were aged 15 and 17 years, respectively, when the collision between the bus and the e-scooter took place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Adrian Doyle, of Ard Glas, Abbey Road, Ferrybank, Co. Waterford, was later charged with dangerous driving in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Wednesday the matter once again came before Judge O&#8217;Kelly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The case will be back before Waterford Circuit Criminal Court next week with Judge O&#8217;Kelly setting on Tuesday, June 9, when the trial is expected to commence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n             Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bus driver charged with dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers has been returned for trial.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-481800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}