Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

Between February 1994 and February 1995, from the ages reported

Offences

Careless driving causing death, Dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm

Where

Co. Wexford

Reporting

4 reports, 1 Feb 2026 to 27 Feb 2026

Outlets

irishtimes.com, rte.ie, thejournal.ie

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit

Images are shown from the outlet that published them and link back to the article. Copyright stays with the credited photographer or agency.

• Man sentenced to six months for careless driving causing death in Wexford Careless driving causing death · Co. Wexford

  On 27 January 2024, a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van driven by Yurii Dudek, a 31-year-old Ukrainian man, rear-ended a vehicle that had stopped to turn right on the N25 in Drinagh, County Wexford, pushing it into oncoming traffic and striking the car carrying 31-year-old woman Saoirse Aylward and her partner Nathan Ferguson-Murphy. Aylward, who was 31 weeks pregnant, had an emergency Caesarean section at Wexford General Hospital and was told her son Jax was stillborn. Dudek, who was in Ireland collecting medical supplies and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, was charged with dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm and pleaded guilty at Wexford Circuit Criminal Court. He was sentenced to six months in prison by Judge Cormac Quinn, reduced from a nine-month headline sentence, and Aylward has since launched a campaign for legislative reform to recognise stillborn babies as victims in fatal road collisions.

  Sentenced, 1 Feb 2026Victim · 3 reports
• Man to be sentenced in Wexford dangerous driving case Dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm · Co. Wexford

  Saoirse Aylward, a 31-year-old woman, was 31 weeks pregnant when she was involved in a serious collision at Ballygillane Big, Drinagh, on the Rosslare Road, Co Wexford, on 24 January 2024, and later learned in hospital that she had lost her baby boy, Jax. Yurii Dudek, a man, was arrested at the scene and charged with dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm. At Wexford Circuit Criminal Court on 26 February 2026, Aylward gave a victim impact statement calling for unborn babies to be recognised as separate victims, and Judge Cormac Quinn said he would finalise matters the following day.

  In court, 1 Feb 2026Victim · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 27 Feb2026
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man sentenced to six months for careless driving causing death in Wexford

   Man (31) sentenced to six months for causing death of unborn baby in Co Wexford road crash

   victim, Saoirse Aylward, female, irish (judged from name)Saoirse Aylward♀IE
2. 26 Feb2026
   In courtrte.ie, in Man sentenced to six months for careless driving causing death in Wexford

   Woman calling for reform after stillbirth following crash

   victim, Saoirse Aylward, female, irish (judged from name)Saoirse Aylward♀IE
3. 1 Feb2026
   In courtthejournal.ie, in Man to be sentenced in Wexford dangerous driving case

   Woman whose unborn son died in road crash calls for such babies to be recognised as separate victims

   victim, Saoirse Aylward, 31, female, irish (judged from name)Saoirse Aylward♀31IE
4. 1 Feb2026
   Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Man sentenced to six months for careless driving causing death in Wexford

   Mother calls for new law as man whose careless driving led to her unborn baby's death is jailed

   victim, Saoirse Aylward, 31, female, irish (judged from name)Saoirse Aylward♀31IE

Matched on the name as printed, ignoring quoted nicknames, and split by the ages reported. Two people who share a name and age would appear together here.