Cork man caused death of woman hours after village funerals

Accident happened outside a bar following two local funerals

The court heard the Cork man would be haunted forever by what he had done after dangerous driving caused the death of a local woman.

A Ballingeary man whose dangerous driving caused the death of a local woman in the Gaeltacht village in December 2022 following two local funerals where he buried his father and she buried her uncle said he would be haunted forever by what he had done.

Michael Lucey, aged 42, of Derryvaleen, Ballingeary, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of Gobnait Twomey, 51, and to charges of drink driving and a separate charge of dangerous driving.