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Gardaí believes he has identified the driver of the car that struck Deliveroo cyclist Thiago Cortes in a fatal hit-and-run Monday night.
The driver is believed to be a teenager from North Dublin City who has a series of previous convictions.
No arrests have been made, but one Garda said the investigation “is progressing rapidly. The suspect is well known in the local area, ”they said.
Efforts are still underway to identify the other three occupants of the car. Gardaí has been aided in their investigations by high-quality CCTV footage near the incident site at North Wall Quays.
It is understood that the car, which was not taxable, uninsured, and had no NCT, was stolen in the northern city center or bought for a small amount of money solely for the purpose of traveling by car.
He was traveling at high speed at the time and Corte suffered catastrophic injuries.
Riding in these so-called “company cars” has re-emerged as a major problem in northern urban areas recently, according to Gardaí.
Mr. Cortés (28), from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, was cycling along North Wall Quay when he was hit by a car at around 10:30 pm on Monday night. was delivering food for Deliveroo at the time of the incident, having only started work two weeks earlier.
On Wednesday evening, more than 100 friends and colleagues of Mr. Cortés, including many food delivery workers, gathered on O’Connell Street for a vigil before marching to the scene of the incident and leaving flowers and candles.
There were brief, angry exchanges after a group of youths set off a firework and verbally abused protesters. Gardaí at the scene separated the two groups and the situation did not escalate.
Gardaí said that rumors circulating on social media that Deliveroo drivers had targeted the address of the person they believed responsible for the hit-and-run were false.
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