Gerry's bike in truck collision near his home

THE father of Ireland and Munster rugby star Conor Murray was being treated for "serious injuries" in hospital yesterday - after he was injured in a road traffic collision near his home.

Gerry Murray, in his late 60s, was cycling on the N20 near Patrickswell in Co Limerick when his bike and a truck collided last Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Murray is an avid and experienced cyclist who has worked as an official motorbike marshal on the Tour de France.

Garda closed the road for 90 minutes as emergency services extracted the father of three from the wreckage.

Mr Murray, who is married to former Irish international squash player Barbara Murray, was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick and later transferred to Cork University Hospital with serious head injuries.