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Case No. 15732Drink-driving and driving without insurance · Co. Tipperary · 18 Oct 2024

Driver charged after drink-driving and no-insurance stop in Nenagh

On Friday 18 October 2024, Tipperary Roads Policing stopped a car in the Nenagh district, County Tipperary, for having no insurance. The driver, a man not named in the report, failed a breath test, was arrested at the scene and was found over the alcohol limit at the station, while four occupants, two of them minors, were not wearing seatbelts. The car was seized, and the driver, who was disqualified, has been charged to court. The latest development, reported by Tipperary Live on 20 October 2024, is that the charge has been brought; no court date or sentence is reported.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Charged20 Oct
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
The driver is a man who is not named in the report, and his age and nationality are not given.
Where
The car was stopped in the Nenagh district, County Tipperary.
When
The car was stopped on Friday night, 18 October 2024.
Cause
Tipperary Roads Policing stopped the car because it had no insurance.
Other details
  • Four occupants, two of them minors, were in the car and were not wearing seatbelts.
  • The driver was disqualified from driving.
  • The car was seized and had no insurance, no NCT, a bald tyre and no tax.
Investigation
  • The driver failed a breath test and was arrested at the scene.
  • The driver was found to be over the alcohol limit at the station.
Charges
The driver has been charged to court.
10 statements extracted from the articles
  • whereThe stop took place in the Nenagh district. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • whenThe car was stopped on a Friday night. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • causeThe car was stopped for having no insurance. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • investigationThe driver failed a breath test and was arrested at the scene. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • investigationThe driver was found to be over the alcohol limit at the station. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • chargeThe driver has been charged to court. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherFour occupants were in the car, two of them minors, and they were not wearing seatbelts. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe driver was disqualified. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe car was seized. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe car had no insurance, no NCT, a bald tyre and no tax. (tipperarylive.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 20 Oct2024
    Chargedtipperarylive.ie, first report
    Minors caught not wearing seatbelts in Tipperary as gardaí arrest driver for being drunk

    First report of the case, published 20 October 2024. Gives the details of the stop, the failed breath test, the charge and the vehicle defects. The driver is not named.

    accused, male