Cork woman says it is a miracle she didn't die in fatal M8 collision

Emergency services at the scene of the collision on the M8 motorway near Mitchelstown last July.

A Cork woman has said “it is a miracle” that she didn’t die in a car crash that ended her hopes of moving to Australia.

Occupational therapist Roisin Stakelum suffered life-changing injuries in a traffic collision last year after a teenager drove a stolen car the wrong way down the M8 motorway near Mitchelstown, Co Cork.