Fatal crash will haunt family ‘for rest of our lives’ as driver jailed for 5 years

A daughter whose parents were killed by a driver with nearly twice the legal alcohol level spoke of the heartbreak which will haunt her family to the day they die.

Maurice and Margaret Hartnett from Co Limerick died when a 4x4 driven by Michael Harty came onto the wrong side of road and ploughed into their car.

Harty, aged 29, of St Mary’s Terrace, Askeaton, Co Limerick, was found guilty at Limerick Circuit Court on Jan 25 of dangerous driving causing the deaths of Maurice, aged 61, and his wife, Margaret aged 59, of Gurteen, Ballingarry, on Jul 29, 2009.