Woman admits careless driving after fatal crash

A woman charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a woman killed in a car crash on her way to a funeral, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless driving.

Sinead Timoney, aged 30, of Millcove, Roscarberry, Co Cork, was arraigned on Wednesday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where she pleaded not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving causing the death of Mary O’Leary outside Innishannon, Co Cork, in Sep 2011.

She was re-arraigned yesterday on the lesser charge of careless driving, which Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin was told was an acceptable plea from the point of view of the Director of Public Prosecutions.