THE MOTORING world bid a sad farewell to Sunday Business Post motoring correspondent Ferdia O’Dowd this week.
A highly respected motoring journalist and ardent road safety campaigner, he spent his early life working on his family’s farm in Clondalkin, west Dublin, and retained a lifelong interest in agriculture, writing for the Irish Farmer’s Journal.
He went on to report extensively on a spate of animal deaths in Askeaton, near Limerick, in the late 1990s, which turned into a major industrial health issue.
But his lifelong passions were for cars and travel, and he loved regaling people with tales of fast motors and exotic locations.
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Late last year, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He passed away last Thursday.