Woman 'loyally' driving behind 78-year-old husband knocked him off motorbike during trip to seaside

"That’s a combination of 155 years between them. What were they doing out in west Clare?" the judge asked.

Ennis courthouse

A ‘loyal’ wife knocked her 78-year-old husband off his motorbike when she crashed into it during the couple’s road trip to the seaside in west Clare last summer.

At Kilrush District Court sitting in Ennis, Moira Mulclahy (77) pleaded guilty to careless driving arising from the traffic accident when she struck her husband, Joseph’s, motorcycle from behind at Ennis Rd, Kilrush on their way to the west Clare seaside resort of Kilkee at around 3pm on July 5 last.