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64-year-old woman pleads guilty to careless driving causing death  - News - Waterford News & Star

By Darragh Murphy · Waterford News & Star · 8 November 2026

A serious collision occurred, and a woman aged in her 60s was pronounced deceased at the scene

Judge Eugene O’Kelly has requested that a victim impact statement be obtained from the victim’s family.

Darragh Murphy A woman has pleaded guilty and is now due to be sentenced for driving carelessly and causing the death of a woman.

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, Josephine Freyne (64), with an address in Rathpatrick, Slieverue, was driving on the N25 at Moonameen, Co. Waterford.

A serious collision occurred, and a woman aged in her 60s was pronounced deceased at the scene.

At Waterford Circuit Court last week, Ms. Freyne pleaded guilty.

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Reporting by Darragh Murphy for Waterford News & Star, funded by the Courts Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.

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