Man remanded to await sentence

A Kildare man has been remanded in custody for the manslaughter of a mother of three children in a traffic accident almost three…

A Kildare man has been remanded in custody for the manslaughter of a mother of three children in a traffic accident almost three years ago. Thomas Barrett (34), a married man and an electrician, of Churchtown Little, Kilcock, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the unlawful killing of Paula Kelly of Lucan on the Lucan by-pass at Newcastle junction on October 14th, 1996.

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