Melbourne Rose who lost brother to drink driver wants tougher sentences

Melbourne Rose who lost brother to drink driver wants tougher sentences

Dervla Dolan is working to change the law to increase the sentencing for drink drivers, saying that killing someone while drink driving is technically manslaughter.

Drink drivers who kill people on the roads should face tougher sentences, says one of this year’s Rose of Tralee contestants.

Dervla Dolan's 18-year-old brother Enda was killed by a drink driver on her 16th birthday.

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