Ronan Keating says justice system is 'broken' after fatal crash
On the day of the crash, Ciarán Keating and his wife Annemarie, who was also seriously injured in the crash, had been travelling to watch their son play football.The court heard how Harte failed to take a bend on a stretch of the N5 between Swinford and Bohola.Harte's Audi A3 crashed headlong into Mr Keating's Ford Focus and the 57-year-old died at the scene.The court was told nobody was speeding during the incident.
'Shame on everyone involved'
The singer described the the sentencing as "devastating"."We wonder why we keep seeing this kind of behaviour on our roads, why people keep dying in road accidents across Ireland every week?"It's a joke and it's morally corrupt that rather than trying to fix our broken system, they all turn a blind eye."Shame on Dean Harte but more so, shame on everyone involved in this process that contributed to the heart-breaking outcome for my family."The Lord himself knows the injustice that was served and the Keating family will never find peace."We will continue to fight for Ciarán's justice. At this time we think of all the other families who have found themselves in our position, and we pray that other families never do."
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