Kilkenny businessman named as person who died after being struck by bus at Dublin Airport

The Kilkenny businessman who died after being struck by a bus at Dublin Airport in the early hours of yesterday (Thursday) morning has been named.

John Fleming ran a city based accountancy firm which specialises in services aimed at the horse racing industry.

He was well known in that sector being a racehorse owner himself and also publisher of the Irish Racing Yearbook. (Read a recent interview he gave to The Irish Field here).

Many have been left shocked by his untimely passing and Gardaí continue to urge anybody who was in the area at the time and who might have information to share to contact them.

Horse Racing Ireland has issued the following statement: