Driver in fatal crash with garda car accepts he was over limit

The driver of a car in which his passenger died following a collision with a garda patrol car has accepted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he was over twice the alcohol limit and already had a criminal record for drink driving.

Garda James O’Gorman, of Lucan garda station, the driver of the patrol car, has pleaded not guiilty to dangerous driving causing the death of Ms Margaret Boggins of Oldchurch Lawn, Clondalkin on August 5, 2002.