Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information on a crash which claimed the life of a retired Garda in North Clare. The collision, which involved three vehicles, happened on the N85 at Ballyea South, Inagh at around 1 o’clock last Friday afternoon. The occupant of one of the vehicles, a man in his sixties […]
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A truck driver who was fined €1,500 for careless driving that caused the death of three-year-old girl should have been given a custodial sentence, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has told the Court of Appeal.
Estlin Wall was just days away from her fourth birthday when she was killed in an accident which caused serious bodily harm to her father, Vincent Wall, at Ballyea South, Inagh, Co Clare, on March 15, 2017.
Arising from the crash, Senan O Flaherty (64) of Lower Gowerhass, Cooraclare, pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death and careless driving causing serious bodily harm.
At a sentence hearing last year Judge Gerald Keys fined O Flaherty €750 in respect of each charge and banned him from driving for four years, the shortest ban allowed under the statute. Judge Keys said O Flaherty had a low culpability in causing the tragedy.