Enda Kenny yesterday reassured a mother, who is campaigning to overhaul drink and drug driving laws, that he was in favour of mandatory penalties and driving bans for offenders.
The Taoiseach met with Christina Donnelly, who lost her son Brendan in a car crash in Castlemartyr, East Cork, in 2009.
Waterford TD John Halligan raised the mother’s campaign during questions to Mr Kenny in the Dáil, with Ms Donnelly in attendance.
She is seeking a mandatory jail sentence of between six and nine years, the immediate disqualification of any driver charged with drink driving until the court case takes place and a mandatory disqualification from driving for at least 20 years, for drink drivers involved in fatal accidents.
Source: Juno McEnroe, Irish Examiner, 12/11/15
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