Drink driver jailed over death of friend

A drink-driver was jailed for two years and banned from driving for 12 years for causing the death of his friend travelling in the back seat of his car in Bantry last October.

An aggravating factor in the case against Aidan McCarthy, aged 29, of Ballycomane, Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork, was that he made what was described as an amateurish effort to remove the registration plates on his car immediately after the crash and left the scene.

However, he did co-operate with the Garda investigation shortly after that and in every way since, Garda Jonathan O’Donovan confirmed yesterday.