Van driver fined €500 for road crash that killed nun

A Dublin van driver has been fined €500 for running over and killing a 70-year-old nun.

Maurice Sheehy, aged 43, of Lein Rd, Raheny, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to careless driving causing the death of Sr Helen Power on the Tallaght bypass of the N81 on August 7, 2013.

Sr Power had crossed the road at the Old Bawn junction, ignoring the red pedestrian crossing lights and without looking left or right.