A Meath man has admitted careless driving causing the death of a 14-year-old boy two years ago.

Ruadhan Tracey, with a former address at Dunshaughlin in Co. Meath, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention causing the death of Conor Hickey at Fassaugh Road in Cabra in December 2011.

Mr. Tracey is currently serving an 8-year jail term for a string of offences, including stabbing a shop worker with a syringe, leaving him in need of 24-hour care.

His crimes followed a pattern in that he would enter a shop, threaten to give staff 'the virus', and then flee with money from the register.

But this is a very different case. The father of one has admitted careless driving causing the death of 14-year-old Conor Hickey.

The teenager from Cabra was on his way to visit a friend when he was struck by a car on the evening of December 2nd in 2011. He died in hospital the following day.

The prosecution has asked that the sentencing of Ruadhan Tracey be adjourned until after the anniversary of the boy's death. It will take place next March.