Jockey charged with drunk driving enters guilty plea from Australia
Wed, May 06, 2026
A former jockey has entered a guilty plea to a drunk-driving charge from Australia.
The plea was entered before Judge Vincent Dean at a special sitting of Tuam District Court.
Brendan McDonagh, Knockerasser, Moycullen was put off the road for three years when he was convicted in his absence of drunk driving on November 11, 2024.
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