A Roscommon woman, who suffered serious injuries following a road crash over five years ago, is calling for driving licences to be withdrawn from people suffering with severe mental health issues.
Maeve Kelly and her daughter Abbie were left with multiple fractures as well as mental and emotional scars following the collision with a car driven by a man suffering a psychotic episode.
Gerard Roan switched off his car lights and swerved to the other side of the road in the moments before the crash in March 2016, which occurred shortly after the HSE was warned that he was in danger of hurting himself or others due to his mental health issues.
Speaking on the Joe Finnegan Show, Maeve says there is no legislation to prevent people with significant mental health issues such as psychosis getting behind the wheel of a car:
