A retired priest who lost control of his car and struck mourners gathered outside a church leading to the death of one man and serious injury to three others has been given a suspended sentence.
Father Denis Foley (93) arrived to the funeral mass of the son of a parishioner at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Convent Road, Clondalkin in June 2018. A man then noticed the priest struggling to get out of his vehicle and offered to help.
He held the priest’s walking stick as Fr Foley struggled with his seat belt but the priest’s vehicle rolled into the car parked in front before coming back and swinging to the right. The man who had been assisting him jumped out of the way before the vehicle took off at speed.
