John Mr Kirby was found lying on a roadway in Austin, Texas, with serious head injuries in the early hours of last Saturday morning.

The 18-year-old man was taken to hospital after a crash in the Antrim Road area of north Belfast.

The settlement is based on an agreement that the cyclist is 80% responsible for the early morning accident

Prosecutors said in an indictment released ahead of their trial they are seeking four-and-a-half year prison sentences for each of the accused if they are found guilty of drug trafficking and another year in jail if they are convicted at trial of belonging to a criminal gang.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a mental health campaigner who died after he was struck by a car in Cork city at the weekend.