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Jail for drunk driver

Drunk driver who had son in car sentenced to prison

A woman who pleaded guilty to drunken driving was disqualified from driving for three years at the last sitting of Castlecomer District Court.

A Claremorris man was banned from driving for three years and fined €550 for drunk driving at Claremorris District Court (sitting in Kiltimagh) this week.

A young man, charged with drunk and dangerous driving, could have been saved from serving a seven month sentence if he had brought his cheque book to pay more than €5,000 worth of damage, the Galway District Court heard this week.

A 33-year-old unemployed carpenter from Castlebar was given a three month prison sentence for drunk driving and driving with no insurance. Stephen Munnelly, Rocklands, Castlebar pleaded guilty to all charges in Castlebar District Court this week.

A 29-year-old man from Westport who stole a car — which was unlocked and had the keys in the ignition — crashed into a garda car, left the scene and when apprehended refused to provide a sample, was before Ballina District Court this week.

A 55-year-old man who after finishing his music gig at the Broadhaven Bay Hotel pulled out in front of gardaí while intoxicated was before Belmullet District Court this week.

A 20-year-old man who failed a roadside breath test, took off at speed, rammed a Garda patrol car and was then chased by three patrol cars, was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday where Judge Mary Devins sentenced him to jail for three months.

A drunk driver who had to be left in a cell for nearly two hours because there were no other gardai to attend a burglary call apart from the ones who had just arrested him, had the charge dismissed in the District Court this week (October 5) after this detention was deemed unlawful.