A man who killed a young mother and seriously injured her 15-week-old child, when he hit them with his car, has had the balance of a two-year jail term suspended on appeal.

A Dublin man who killed a young mother after falling asleep at the wheel has won his appeal against the two-year sentence he received.

A man who killed a young mother and seriously injured her 15-week-old child when he hit them with his car while in “a micro-sleep” has been jailed for two years.

A Dublin man who knocked down and killed a young mother after falling asleep at the wheel has been jailed for two years.

A court has heard the most likely reason for a driver mounting a footpath in Dublin and killing a young mother is that he fell asleep at the wheel.