MAN 3 TIMES LEGAL DRINK-DRIVE LIMIT WHEN HE KILLED AN OAP, COURT IS TOLD

A MAN with six previous drink-driving convictions killed a pensioner when his car crossed a road into the path of an oncoming car, a court heard.

- BY STEPHEN MAGUIRE

Shaun Duffy was more than three times over the legal drink-driving limit when he caused a three-car collision on the N13 road at Sharon Glebe, Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal, on July 5, 2022.

The 51-year-old accused man pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of farmer Mervyn McClure when he appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court.

Duffy, of Trillick, Buncrana, sat silently in the dock as details of the tragic last moments of the popular 70-year-old victim were read out to the court.

Sergeant Maurice Doyle of Letterkenny Garda Station outlined the case to State prosecutor Ms Fiona Crawford.

A French woman and her son were making their way back to their holiday home in Kerrykeel from Derry.