Finbarr O'Rourke jailed for dangerous driving death

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Finbarr O'Rourke was resentenced to eight years in the Court of Appeal on 24 October 2016 for dangerous driving causing death, with the final two years suspended. The offence occurred at Ballymorris, Portarlington, Co Laois, on 17 April 2014, when Ciarán Treacy, aged four, died after a collision.

O'Rourke had pleaded guilty, and the court re-imposed a 20-year driving disqualification. The appeal court found an error in the original sentencing approach, which had resulted in a seven-and-a-half-year term imposed at Portlaoise Circuit Criminal Court on 3 November 2015.