Alleged IRA Member's Daughter Guilty in Fatal DUI Crash

Updated 9:45 PM EST, Thu, Nov 12, 2009

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A suburban Philadelphia woman has pleaded guilty to causing a fatal crash while driving drunk and has been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison.

Roisin O'Neill sobbed and apologized to the victim's family in court Thursday.

The father and brother of the 24-year-old woman from Willistown Township, Chester County, have also had legal problems. Sean O'Neill Sr. was sentenced last month to 18 months in federal prison. Prosecutors say he hid ties to an Irish Republican Army-linked youth group, among other things. He faces deportation to Ireland when he leaves prison.

Sean O'Neill Jr. was 17 when he accidentally shot and killed a high school friend during an unsupervised 2006 party. He has completed his sentence.

Copyright Associated Press / NBC Philadelphia

First Published: Nov 12, 2009 9:40 PM EST

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All of this could have been avoided with good common sense. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_69926577","adminTags":null,"views":413,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Alleged IRA Member's Daughter Guilty in Fatal DUI Crash","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2734936,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 14:11:53 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":7,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1239404","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Daveyboy she killed an innocent person. She chose to get behind the wheel completely trashed. She deserves the sentence. She made the choice. NO one made her get behind the wheel. She may have been a great person sober but she made a horrible mistake driving drunk and killing someone. This isn't just she is still alive and her family still gets to see her. The victims family they didn't even get to say goodbye.<br />Please don't sit here and post that people shouldn't judge a killer. Just like her brother they are both killers!!! They both violated their court terms not even caring about what they did!! They still went out and drank and not its time to face the consequences.<br /><br />"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_69926577","adminTags":null,"views":413,"createdBy":10246165,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Alleged IRA Member's Daughter Guilty in Fatal DUI Crash","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2734936,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 17:45:43 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":7,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"btwilson","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1241001","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"wow yeah i agree about daveyboy. i don't feel 5 to 10 is just, i feel at least 25 would be just. everyone who drinks knows that IF they get behind the wheel they have the potential to kill someone. she knew it could have happened and risked it anyways. she is solely responsible for those deaths and there is no reason for leniency."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_69926577","adminTags":null,"views":413,"createdBy":9384821,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Alleged IRA Member's Daughter Guilty in Fatal DUI Crash","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2734936,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 18:20:34 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":7,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"funnystuff","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1241245","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Hey DaveyBoy484. Great person? Genuine kind and loving?? Judge on spirit? Are you serious? Wonder if you would feel the same if maybe she killed your mother. This is what we know. She was drunk...she killed somone with her car becuase she was drunk..And justr becuase you THINK you know her, we should give her a free pass? How bout the person she killed, do they get a free pass? Oh thats right their dead!. As far as I am concerned you should have your licensed revoked for saying somehting so stupid out loud."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_69926577","adminTags":null,"views":413,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Alleged IRA Member's Daughter Guilty in Fatal DUI Crash","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2734936,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 20:14:43 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":7,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242057","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Thank you BTWILSON and FUNNYSTUFF I am glad I am not the only one that feels DaveyBoy was wrong in posting that!! Funnystuff said it best!!!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396494_69926577","adminTags":null,"views":413,"createdBy":16582206,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Alleged IRA Member's Daughter Guilty in Fatal DUI Crash","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2734936,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"14 Nov 2009 02:29:55 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":7,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"raquel725","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1243906","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"daveyboy id like to know your opinions on michael vick...i dont really know his spirit but he got 2 years for dog fighting.....this girl got 5-1o for killing a human being...you should really take time to think about what is actually just in this legal system...she got off with a slap on the hand "}],"error":"","totPages":1}

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