Laws behind renewal of driving licences blamed for causing death of young Cork boy
The bereaved Cork mother of a six-year-old boy who was killed in a hit-and-run says she doesn't blame the driver
Instead, she blames the system that allowed him to get behind the wheel.
Luke O'Donovan lost his life outside his home in Ballymacoda in 2014 after being knocked down by a car.
It emerged that the driver of the car 52-year-old Edmond Walsh had his license renewed after suffering two serious head injuries after falls from heights which impaired his cognitive function as well as affecting his movement in his right hand.
At an inquest into Luke's death yesterday his parents Stephen and Josephine O’Donovan called for a change in legislation that governs the issue of driving having suffered an impairment
Currently a driver, their family or their medical practitioner has to inform the National Driving Licence Service if they have suffered any impairment but there is no requirement on them to have to re-sit their driving test to assess their fitness to drive.
Speaking on the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's RedFM Josephine says she felt sorry for the driver and the blames lies with the law.
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