A 37-year-old man has appeared before Bray District Court this evening charged with careless driving causing death at a building site.
It follows the death of father-of-two John Maher, formerly of Rathevan in Portlaoise, at a Co Wicklow construction site on Wednesday afternoon.
Tarieli Schatz, a Georgian man of no fixed abode, was arrested this afternoon and charged by Sergeant Simon Whelan.
In the presence of a Russian interpreter, he made no reply when charged with careless driving causing death at a Regan construction site on the Greenane Road in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow.
Judge William Aylmer heard there was no objection or consent to bail and no application for bail was heard today.
The case was listed again before Wicklow District Court, sitting in Bray, next Tuesday, 8 July.
Mr Schatz was granted legal aid after the court heard he was working in construction, earning €700 per week.
Remanding him in custody, the judge also directed that he be assessed to see if any medical assistance was required and he was assigned a Russian interpreter, ahead of his next court appearance.
