A 23-year-old Italian national appeared before a special sitting of Wicklow District Court last night charged with dangerous driving causing death.
Mr Allesandro Antonelli of Via Roma Prato, Florence was arrested at 3 p.m. yesterday after being discharged from St Columcille's Hosital, Loughlinstown where he was recovering from a road accident outside Arklow in which two people were killed.
The dead are Ms Cora Hallinan (36), of Orlaghwood, Scholarstown, Dublin, and Mr Guido Ravalli, an Italian national.
The two-car collision occurred at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Clonpadden, five miles north of Arklow, about 100 yards from where another fatal accident occurred last October in which four people died, including Senator Michael Enright.
The woman's husband and three children and two other Italians were taken to hospital where their condition was described as stable.
Both of those killed were passengers in their respective cars.