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    Bride-to-be was killed by banned driver hours after shopping for wedding dress, court told
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    Bride-to-be was killed by banned driver hours after shopping for wedding dress, court told

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    1. Elmo_Blatch_41 on

      This should be 20 years in prison no questions asked. I would never dream of driving a car if I was banned. 

    2. DeepSlide8439 on

      “and then lay on her back in the middle of the road with her head resting on the centre white line.”

      Tf?

    3. Gold-Vacation-169 on

      We all know what’s going to happen here, next week they’ll be another article and he’ll have received a slap on the wrist for knowingly breaking the law and killing a person.

      He’ll yet again be the hard done motorist.

    4. keepitupstairs2 on

      I promise I’m not victim-blaming at all, but it does seem weird to just completely gloss over that the victim was literally lying down on the road at 2am. Obviously driving without a licence and failing to stop supersede everything else, but I can see a scenario where a different driver could successfully use that in their defense.

    5. lgt_celticwolf on

      This is such a strange story, yeah banned driver and all but why was she lying down in the middle of the road at 3am

    6. Special_K_aren on

      Driver was 100% in the wrong but, why the f*** was she lying in the middle of the road?! 

    7. Redzo1919 on

      Awful story but it’s more her fault than his. If he had a licence it would be a sad story about the impacts binge drinking.

    8. Markitron1684 on

      Throw the book at that cunt for driving while disqualified but she basically commited suicide. If Max Verstappen was driving that van she still would have died.

    9. Anongad on

      I’m sorry but lying down in the middle of the road is just pure idiocy

    10. Mysterious-Pie2636 on

      horrific but also weird story on so many levels. A retired firefighter and paramedic with 16 previous convictions?

    12. Rich-Antelope-3332 on

      Lads s bit of sensitivity in the comments please. The family may read this and do you really want to further contribute to the pain they’re in right now? Everyone has done something at 2am we regretted the next day. 

      The main pount is that driving bans aren’t properly enforced in Ireland. And the consequences of this choice by politicians/ Garda management can be fatal.

    13. Firm-Raccoon-9048 on

      While I believe he should be put behind bars because he’s already shown a blatant disregard for any driving ban, I do empathise with what he has to live with knowing that he contributed to the death of a young woman. He shouldn’t have been driving but someone laying in the middle of the road in the dark of night is going to be hard to see, even if he was going at a reasonable speed (assuming it was a 50 zone near a pub but maybe not). And her poor family and friends being there to witness it – awful all round.