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A bachelor farmer, left with “horrific” injuries after being hit by a jeep driven by a drunk driver, had been lying in a field for up to six hours before he was discovered, the Galway Circuit Criminal Court was told this week.

Judge David Anderson has said he won’t make up his mind yet whether to jail a Mullingar man who pleaded guilty to his third drink driving offence.

A drunk driver who was chased by gardaí through Ballinrobe — where the 24-year-old man damaged a metal barrier in the process and then was pursued on foot — was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A drunk driver who wrapped his 3 series BMW around a telephone pole while over twice the legal limit failed to contest the charges at Galway District Court this week and was fined and disqualified from driving for three years.

Pedestrians on the way home from a night out were forced to jump out of the way of a drunk driver as his car sped off from gardaí.

A man who drove without lights while drunk has been banned from driving for three years.

Driving and drinking is set to become a thing of the past in this country after the Dáil passed new legislation further lowering the drink driving limit this week.

The court room was left in utter shock yesterday as horrifying camera footage of a high-speed car chase was played out for all to see.

A 21-year-old man, with 14 previous convictions, was convicted of drink driving and sentenced to three months in prison.

A father, who drove drunk while he had his 10-year-old son in the car, was sentenced to three months in prison at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.