Man jailed for three years for dangerous driving causing death

A man whose car mounted a footpath, killing a mother of twins and seriously injuring a man, has been given a three year jail-term.

Francis Lennon (aged 37), of Marigold Grove, Darndale, Dublin 17, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to dangerous driving causing the death of Ms Anne Fitzsimons at Malahide Road in Clontarf on November 15, 2009.