Cork woman Jennifer Thomas gets four years for dangerous driving that caused the death of Sheila Dunne

Jennifer Thomas was jailed for four years for the drunken drive which caused the death of best friend and special needs assistant Sheila Dunne

A detective previously told the court Jennifer Thomas narrowly missed two pedestrians correcting the vehicle at the last moment. File picture: Dan Linehan

Jennifer Thomas was jailed on Thursday for four years for the drunken drive which caused the death of her best friend in February.

46-year-old Jennifer Thomas of 10 Oakfield View, Glanmire, Cork, pleaded guilty previously to the charge that on February 11 at the L2973, Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, she drove in a manner that was dangerous to the public thereby causing the death of 50-year-old Sheila Dunne in Glanmire.