A music trainer, who’s been educating the tin whistle to kids in Uganda, has been disqualified from driving.
Neil Desmond McGonagle was delay the street when he appeared at Letterkenny District Court docket charged with driving with out insurance coverage.
A 50-year-old of Magheramore, Clonmany, McGonagle was clocked travelling in extra of the pace restrict at Raymoghey, Manorcunningham at 1.45pm on April 25, 2022.
Garda Garrett Monaghan gave proof that he was working a pace checkpoint when he detected a silver Kia Ceed dashing. When he stopped the automobile, he famous that the motive force, McGonagle, held a provisional licence and was unaccompanied.
McGonagle opted to provide documentation at Clonmany garda station, however didn’t achieve this.
Ms Alison Parke, solicitor for McGonagle, mentioned her consumer beforehand suffered a significant coronary heart assault and on the day in query drove to an appointment at hospital as his spouse was unable to drive him.
“He felt that he had no choice,” Ms Parke mentioned. “He normally travels in every single place on an electrical bike.”
Ms Parke mentioned her consumer, a father-of-two, was a music trainer, however is now unemployed. He has been educating the tin whistle to kids in Uganda and Ms Parke mentioned he ‘additionally travels to lift cash’.
Asking for the courtroom’s lenience, Ms Parke mentioned: “He wants his licence to get again to work. He depends upon the automotive to journey and he has been cooperative.”
Decide Éiteáin Cunningham mentioned she was involved by the amount of earlier convictions McGonagle had for street visitors offences. “He has fairly quite a lot of them,” Decide Cunningham famous.
McGonagle’s earlier included one for driving with out insurance coverage courting again to 2005. Whereas of the view that it was exterior time to be thought of, Decide Cunningham fined McGonagle €250 and allowed six months to pay. McGonagle was additionally disqualified from driving for a interval or two years.
Recognisance, within the occasion of an attraction, was set at €250.
Uninsured tin whistle trainer not noted of tune in courtroom was final modified: December twelfth, 2023 by
