A FAMILY was left “utterly devastated and heartbroken” by the death of a 26-year-old woman killed by an out-of-control Polish-born driver who sped through a red light after a night out drinking whiskey, vodka and beer.

A Meath man accused of murdering his friend, told a doctor he wanted treatment for alcohol addiction one month before the alleged murder, the Central Criminal Court has heard today.

A Meath man accused of murder telephoned gardaí and told them he killed his friend “because he would not give him cocaine”, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

THE true horror of Ireland’s continued road carnage was nowhere more apparent than in Cork yesterday where tears streamed down the faces of mourners at the funeral of a young man cut down in his prime.

GARDAÍ hope to shed more light on the cause of a crash that killed two young men when they interview the driver of the car and two surviving passengers.