Drunk driver who killed cyclist had children in car and open wine bottle on passenger seat

Woman jailed for four and a half years for dangerous driving causing death of teacher

Saoirse Lillis McMahon was driving under the influence of alcohol and had a 'cocktail' of drugs in her system.

A drunk driver who had her two young children in the car and an open bottle of wine on the passenger seat hit and killed a cyclist, a court has heard.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford imposed a five-year prison term, with the final six months suspended, on Saoirse Lillis McMahon, aged 33, for dangerous driving the causing death of teacher Michael Lorigan, 70, on August 16, 2023, on the N67 at Baunmore, Kilkee, west Clare.