Corkman given 10-year driving ban and jailed for collision that was 'like a bomb going off'

The woman who was seriously injured while driving her family on a pre-Christmas shopping trip wakes up in pain as a result of her injuries

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a four-year sentence with the last year suspended. File photo

A Buttevant motorist whose dangerous driving caused serious bodily harm to a woman in a head-on collision that was like a bomb exploding was jailed for three years and banned from driving for 10 years.

“I am very concerned about this man ever driving again given the nature of his problems… Given this man’s stability – or lack of it – I don’t think he is a candidate for the open road,” Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said.