Family tells Cork court of 'constant pain' of losing two family members to two road accidents

The court heard that the young man who died in 2023 wanted to be the 'President of Ukraine' when he was a child

The man who caused Igor Skokivskyi's death was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for dangerous and drunken driving. File picture: Larry Cummins

A young man who lost his life as a result of the dangerous and drunken driving of another man in Fermoy was asked as a five-year-old boy what he wanted to be when he grew up and he replied: “President of Ukraine”.

This poignant memory of the late Igor Skokivskyi was recalled by his sister in a victim impact statement at Cork Circuit Criminal Court as the man who caused his death was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.