A Letterkenny man who advised gardai that he had taken ‘two or three pints’ was discovered to be greater than 3 times the authorized drink-driving restrict.
Rory McDaid, a 35-year-old of Highland Drive, Mountain Prime, Letterkenny, was delay the highway for 3 years when he appeared earlier than Letterkenny District Court docket.
Gardai noticed McDaid driving erratically on September 11, 2020 at 11.54pm at Pearse Highway, Letterkenny.
Sergeant Jim Collins advised the court docket that McDaid did a U-turn in Toyota Corolla and drove within the course of Letterkenny Retail Park.
“It appeared that he was driving to keep away from gardai,” Sergeant Collins stated. McDaid admitted to gardai on the scene that he had ‘two or three pints’ and he was arrested and conveyed to Letterkenny Garda Station.
A blood pattern confirmed a focus of 156mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, the place the authorized restrict is 50.
McDaid was stated to have cooperated totally with gardai and has no earlier convictions.
Mr Patsy Gallagher, solicitor for McDaid, stated his consumer is a 35-year-old father-of-one and there was no utility for a postponement of the ban.
Decide Éiteáin Cunningham fined McDaid €200, permitting 5 months to pay. McDaid was disqualified from driving for a interval of three years.
Letterkenny man who had “two or three pints’ was 3 times over restrict was final modified: April twenty fourth, 2024 by
