‘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.

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

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.

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