Mission of mercy for sick child costs father €1,100
Fri, Oct 02, 2026
A driver who is off the road because of accumulated penalty points had accumulated a lot of them for parking on double yellow lines outside his own house, his solicitor pleaded at Ballinasloe District Court.
“Why does he keep doing it then?” asked Judge James Faughnan when defending solicitor Martina Moran outlined the circumstances of her client’s driving ban and his subsequent arrest for driving while disqualified and uninsured as a consequence of disqualification.
The court heard Garda evidence that John Corcoran, 58A Brackernagh, Ballinasloe, was stopped by Gardaí while driving at Society Street, Ballinasloe on September 22 last. He admitted to the Gardaí that he was disqualified, was arrested and taken to Ballinasloe Garda Station, where he was charged.
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