'I didn’t have a drink, I had a shandy': Limerick man jailed over fatal crash

Niall O'Halloran drove car onto wrong side of road and into way of Arturs Birznieks' lorry, who subsequently lost control

Niall O’Halloran: Found guilty of dangerous driving causing death, with a six-month sentence to run concurrently for driving while intoxicated. Picture:
Brendan Gleeson

A Limerick man has been jailed for seven years for causing the death of a father-of-two and for driving while intoxicated.

Judge Simon McAleese imposed a seven-year jail sentence on Niall O’Halloran, aged 57, of Woodfield Drive, Newcastle West, after he was found guilty of dangerous driving causing death, with a six-month sentence to run concurrently for driving while intoxicated.