Donegal farmer who appeared to be asleep as he drove on the wrong side of the road before a fatal road crash in Co Louth in which his passenger died has been jailed for seven and a half years.

A Donegal man has been convicted of killing his friend in a dangerous driving incident in Co Louth in which several witnesses said he appeared asleep as he drove on the wrong side of the road.

Witnesses to a fatal car crash in Co Louth in which a Donegal man was killed and another seriously injured have said the driver appeared to be sleeping as he overtook other cars.