Man (23) jailed for dangerous driving causing deaths of two friends Six people piled into car driven by Joseph Gilroy, which crashed at high-speed just 550 yards away
about 2 hours ago Stephen Maguire
Joseph Gilroy was sentenced on Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to charges including dangerous driving causing the deaths of Shiva Devine (left) and Conall McAleer (right) and serious injury to Rachel Elliott.
A man who crashed a car in Co Donegal while driving at high speed, resulting in the deaths of two friends and leaving another with life-changing injuries, has been jailed for five years and three months.
Joseph Gilroy (23) was sentenced at Donegal Circuit Court on Tuesday after previously pleading guilty to charges including dangerous driving causing the deaths of Shiva Devine (20) and Conall McAleer (20) and serious injury to Rachel Elliott.
Speeding driver who killed two friends and left another in wheelchair jailed for over five years
Joseph Gilroy, who was already disqualified from driving in Northern Ireland, reached speeds of 121kph at the impact of the crash in Bundoran, Co Donegal on August 19, 2018
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Joseph Gilroy at Letterkenny Circuit Court (Image: North West Newspix)
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North West Correspondent
A 23-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two of his friends and causing serious injury to another person has been jailed for five years and three months at Donegal Circuit Court.
Joseph Gilroy, from Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh, had pleaded guilty to a number of charges including dangerous driving causing the deaths of two people, causing serious bodily harm to another person, driving without a licence and without insurance, and driving while disqualified when the car he was driving crashed in Bundoran in August 2018.
A previous court sitting heard that on the night of the crash, Gilroy and his friends had been socialising in Fermanagh before travelling to Bundoran in Co Donegal to go to a nightclub.