Drunk driver banned after crashing exterior Letterkenny cathedral

A drunk driver who crashed right into a parked automotive and destroyed a concrete pillar at St Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny has been handed a high quality and three-year ban.

Joseph Gallagher was three-and-a-half instances the authorized restrict when he induced €2,531 price of injury.

The 34-year-old, with an deal with at Kirchen Highway, West Eeling, London, was disqualified from driving for 3 years at Letterkenny District Courtroom.

Gallagher was not current for the case, however was represented by his solicitor Mr Frank Dorrian.

Inspector Tony Byrne informed the courtroom that Gardai had been alerted to a white Vauxhall van that crashed into the railing on the Cathedral automotive park on October 2, 2022. Inspector Byrne mentioned that Gallagher was ‘extremely intoxicated’ and the van had crashed right into a parked automotive and in addition ‘destroyed’ a concrete pillar. Some €2,531 of injury was induced.

A subsequent check of Gallagher confirmed 76 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. Gallagher has no earlier convictions, the courtroom heard.

Mr Dorrian mentioned his consumer had an excessive amount of to drink and had made a ‘clumsy effort to get out of the automotive park’.

Choose Ciaran Liddy disqualified Gallagher from driving for 3 years and fined him €150, permitting three months to pay.

Drunk driver banned after crashing exterior Letterkenny cathedral was final modified: October twenty ninth, 2023 by Rachel McLaughlin