A mother's heartbreak: Read this before you drink-drive

Gillian Treacy describes the death of her son, Ciarán, 4, in a crash caused by a drunken driver

A mother's heartbreak: Read this before you drink-drive

On Thursday, April 17, 2014, Sean and Ciarán spent the day playing with their grandparents, a perfect day that ended in tragedy.

On our way home, we were involved in a head-on collision with Finbarr O’Rourke. The collision happened within seconds, leaving me crushed and trapped in our car, unable to get my boys out.

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