Ballinasloe blighted by reckless and dangerous driving — Judge
Tue, Feb 10, 2026
A slash hook found in the boot of a young man’s car was for clearing hedges in a field where he kept ponies, he told Gardaí.
Jamie Ward of 9 Meadowbrook, Ballinasloe, came before the local District Court on a series of charges, mostly relating to his reckless and dangerous driving in or near Ballinasloe.
Judge Faughnan said the town was “blighted” by this sort of driving and the message had to go out that it wouldn’t be tolerated, before putting Ward off the road for two years.
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