*Helga Himmelsbach. Photograph: John Mangan A LISDOONVARNA WIDOW has told a court that her life is broken beyond repair and she in trapped in a nightmare following the death of her husband in a road traffic accident last year.
*Helga Himmeslbach. Photograph: John Mangan TIME FOR talking is over and action must now be delivered, a North Clare widow whose husband was killed in Ballyvaughan has said on the efforts to improve road safety in the area.
*Photograph: John Mangan A French national has pleaded guilty to the dangerous driving causing the death of a 71-year old motorcyclist outside the Burren village of Ballyvaughan in North Clare last July.
*Helga Himmselbach at the location where her husband was killed. Photograph: John Mangan ON THE first anniversary of the death of her beloved husband, Jerry O’Connor, Lisdoonvarna woman Helga Himmelsbach has said the amount of near-misses on the roads of North Clare is only increasing.
*Helga Himmeslbach campaigning for improved road measures in August. Photograph: John Mangan A FRENCH tourist appeared in court on Wednesday, March 20th and was charged with the dangerous driving causing the death of a 71 year old motorcyclist outside the Burren village of Ballyvaughan in north Clare last July.
*Helga Himmelsbach. Photograph: John Mangan A NORTH CLARE widow has written to the Minister for Transport to share her “deep frustration” on the failure to implement road safety improvements following the death of her husband in July.
*Helga Himmelsbach. A NORTH CLARE widow has said she is still afraid to cycle on the road where her late husband was killed.
*Helga Himmelsbach leads a remembrance walk for her beloved late husband Jerry O’Connor. Photograph: John Mangan A NORTH CLARE widow has pledged to pay for speed ramps herself if improvements to the area’s road network are not introduced.
*Helga Himmselbach puts questions to Cllr Joe Garrihy. ONE MONTH on from the death of Lisdoonvarna’s Jerry O’Connor, a remembrance walk was held in Ballyvaughan with repeated questions put towards politicians on what they are doing to improve the safety of the road network in North Clare.
*Helga Himmelsbach. Photograph: John Mangan NORTH CLARE locals blocked off access to Ballyvaughan for under half an hour for the second time in the space of a week as part of their efforts to seek better road conditions.
