Elber Twomey hails "significant" meeting with Garda chiefs as part of garda suicide training campaign

Campaigner Elber Twomey, who lost her family when a suicidal driver ploughed his vehicle into their car in Devon two years ago, has met with the assistant Garda commissioner to discuss training for recruits to the force to deal with such events.

Ms Twomey, from north Cork, said the meeting with John Twomey last week was “very positive”, and claimed it was the “most significant day” so far in her campaign.

The 38-year-old lost her 16-month-old son Oisín and her unborn baby girl, Elber Marie, in a head-on collision in Devon on July 6, 2012, after 26-year-old Polish taxi driver Marek Wojciechowski deliberately rammed their car as they were driving to catch a ferry home after a holiday in Britain.