Victim of suicidal driver to help set up garda course

A woman who lost her husband, son, and unborn daughter when their car was rammed by a suicidal taxi driver is to help gardaí to train to deal with suicidal people.

Elber Twomey has been invited to the Garda Training College in Templemore next month to speak to senior officers in hope of setting up courses in suicide awareness/prevention training which may ultimately form part of the force’s primary in-service programme.

The initiative is being supported by Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald who held a 20-minute meeting with Ms Twomey in Dublin last Wednesday.