A man who had attended his father’s funeral, and later got into a car after drinking, then knocked down and killed a local woman who had travelled home for the requiem mass of her uncle, a court has heard.
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Sean Twomey, brother of the deceased Gobnait Twomey, said on behalf of the family: Nothing could have prepared me for the carnage I witnessed on the road that night. The scene was total chaos. I knew instantly that Gob was dead.
A middle-aged man who pleaded guilty to drink driving and dangerous driving causing the death of a woman attending a family funeral has said he will live with the guilt for the rest of his life.