‘I’ve been robbed of a future and so has my special girl’

The heartbroken mother of an eight-year-old girl killed by the dangerous driving of an unaccompanied learner driver wished him a long life lived to the fullest with her beautiful daughter watching over him.

Zoe Scannell of Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, was killed in Roscarberry, Co Cork, on June 26 last year when 17-year-old Ian Lawlor O’Donovan lost control while driving his mother’s car shortly after a driving lesson.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a two-year suspended jail sentence on Ian Lawlor O’Donovan, of The Grove, Ardagh East, Roscarberry, Co Cork, who is now 18 and studying for his Leaving Cert.