Categories
Uncategorized

11 charges brought in hit and run case

This article is from page 82 of the 2008-06-24 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 82 JPG

A YOUNG west Clare man has ap- peared in court facing 11 charges in connection with a hit-and-run acci- dent in which two pedestrians were injured in Ennis last January.

Donal Holohan (22), of Aylroe, Kildysart, is charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop a vehicle in-

volved in the occurrence of injury to Sean Cuddihy, not having insurance, failing to produce insurance, not having road tax, failing to display a current vehicle licence and failing to be accompanied by a qualified driver, at Clonroadbeg, Ennis, in the early hours of January 13 last.

He is also charged with failing to stop a vehicle involved in the occur-

rence of injury to Tommy Walsh, driving under the influence of an intoxicant and driving with excess alcohol in breath, at Friar’s Walk, Syabavhy

He is also charged with driving a vehicle which was dangerous to the public, whereby it caused serious bodily harm to Tommy Walsh, also at Friar’s Walk, also on the same

CF Ken

Inspector John Galvin told Ennis District Court last Friday that the DPP has directed that the case be tried in the circuit court and the case was adjourned for preparation of the Book of Evidence.

Defending solicitor Patrick Moylan consented to this and the accused will re-appear in court next month.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *