Pensioner caught driving erratically had bottle of coconut rum in her automobile

A 75-year-old pensioner has been disqualified after being caught drink driving in Donegal.

A bottle of Malibu was on the passenger seat of a automobile being pushed by Pleasure Park when she was stopped by Gardai.

Park was reported to have been driving erratically within the Ballybofey space on April 19, 2022.

Garda Maeve Loughlin informed Letterkenny District Court docket that she was within the patrol automobile after they noticed a pink Fiat coming ‘out and in of the exhausting shoulder’ and ‘driving very slowly’ on the Donegal Street, heading in direction of Barnesmore Hole at 5.56pm.

Gardai signalled for the car to tug in and spoke to the motive force. Park, now aged 75 and from Moybeane Street, Enniskillen, knowledgeable gardai that she was not in possession of her driving licence.

Garda Loughlin mentioned she detected a robust odor of alcohol from the car and there was a bottle of Malibu on the entrance passenger seat. Garda Loughlin additionally detected a robust odor of intoxicating liquor from Park’s breath and observed that one in all her eyes was closed.

Park was arrested and a pattern of blood was taken by a delegated nurse. The pattern was posted to the Medical Bureau of Street Security and a certificates returned confirming the presence of  91 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

Mr Frank Dorrian, representing Park, mentioned his consumer has no earlier convictions and cooperated totally with the gardai on the night in query.

For drink-driving, Decide Ciaran Liddy disqualified Park for one yr and fined her €100, permitting six months to pay. For driving with out insurance coverage, Park was fined €100 and likewise given six months to pay.