'Sleep well, son': Firefighter who drank up to 15 pints before hit-and-run jailed for 5.5 years

A firefighter who drank up to 15 pints before he knocked down a 27-year-old man walking home from St Stephen's Day celebrations has been jailed for five and a half years.

Derek Keane (40) has no memory of getting into his van to drive home to Skerries in the early hours of December 27, 2016, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today.