Drink driver gets ‘home detention’ for killing Irish man Declan Curley in New Zealand

‘Declan had a lot more to give to this world. It is no exaggeration that everybody was fond of Declan’

Declan Curley

Neil Fetherstonhaugh

Friends and family of Irishman Declan Curley who was killed by a drunk driver in New Zealand have told how they have been left with lifetime of grief.

Curley (37), from Clonark near Athlone, who was living in Wellington at the time, was killed when he was struck by a vehicle while out walking at approximately 3.30am on Saturday, February 12, 2022.