Drunk driver banned after crashing outdoors Letterkenny faculty

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 wonderful and three-year ban.

Joseph Gallagher was three-and-a-half occasions the authorized restrict when he prompted €2,531 value of harm.

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

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 stated 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 harm was prompted.

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 stated his shopper had an excessive amount of to drink and had made a ‘clumsy effort to get out of the automotive park’.

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

Drunk driver banned after crashing outdoors Letterkenny faculty was final modified: October twenty seventh, 2023 by Rachel McLaughlin