2017-05-30
Dangerous driver who caused serious harm to toddler has driver's licence restored
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Rachel Breen (49) was disqualified from driving for four years in December 2014 and ordered to pay €5000 after the accident in October 2012. Judge Desmond Hogan described Breen at the original sentence hearing in 2014 as a "decent woman" who had made a "serious error of judgement, with serious consequences." He disqualified her from driving for four years and ordered her to pay €5000 in damages.