Athlone woman to address European Commission on road safety

An Athlone woman will speak at the European Commission today in effort to change laws around access to driving licences.

Meave Kelly from Coosan was involved in a fatal road collision in 2016 which involved a man who was suffering from severe mental illness.

She believes new laws need to be introduced which would temporarily remove a driver's licence if they were found to be enduring a profound mental disorder.

While in Brussels, the Athlone campaigner will address three workshops alongside the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims.