Retired priest who lost control of his car leading to death of man and injuring others avoids jail

Fr Denis Foley, 93, had arrived at a funeral Mass in June 2018 when his car sped through the crowd, hitting off vehicles and ploughing into people before it ultimately crashed into bollards with three people pinned under the vehicle

Fr Denis Foley, 93, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to driving a vehicle in a manner which was dangerous to the public and thereby causing the death of Christopher Phillips and causing grievous body harm to Jason Kelly, Martin Cawley and Rebecca Meredith on June 25, 2018.

A retired priest who lost control of his car and struck mourners gathered outside a church leading to the death of one man and serious injury to three others has been given a suspended sentence.

Fr Denis Foley, 93, arrived to the funeral Mass of the son of a parishioner at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Convent Road, Clondalkin, in June 2018. A man then noticed the priest struggling to get out of his vehicle and offered to help.