Rome driver four times over limit

THE two Irish women killed in Rome by a drunk driver early yesterday were named as Elizabeth Gubbins, from Mount Shannon Road, Lisnagry, Co Limerick, and her friend, Mary Collins, from Co Kildare.

Elizabeth, 28, and Mary, 29, were in Rome for a weekend break when they were knocked down and killed by the son of a former Italian police chief and road safety campaigner.

Prosecutors said the driver sped from the scene while he was four times over the drink-driving limit.