The Court of Appeal has overturned a sentence handed down to a young man whose dangerous driving caused his friend’s death in Co Tipperary in 2019. Last year, Phelim Coady, of Garrykennedy, Portroe, Nenagh was given a fully suspended sentence, which the DPP felt was ‘unduly lenient’. When Gardaí arrived at the scene of the […]
A drunk and high car enthusiast whose dangerous driving caused the death of his best friend has avoided a prison term for a second time and had his overall susp.
Phelim Coady had admitted to being intoxicated and under the influence of alcohol and cannabis, and driving without insurance, at the time of the offence…