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Case No. 14827Motoring offences (no tax, unaccompanied learner driving) · Co. Tipperary

Motorist caught after trying to evade Nenagh checkpoint

A motorist tried to evade a garda checkpoint on the Limerick Road in Nenagh, County Tipperary, on Wednesday, 22 January 2025, a date inferred from the 23 January 2025 report. Gardaí pursued the car and pulled it over, finding that the driver held only an unaccompanied learner permit and that the car had no tax. The car was seized by gardaí. The driver's name, age, sex and nationality are not given, and no arrest, charge or court step is reported, so the seizure is the latest development.

  1. Reported
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
A motorist tried to evade a garda checkpoint.
Where
The checkpoint was held on the Limerick Road in Nenagh, County Tipperary.
When
The incident happened on a Wednesday, inferred as 22 January 2025 from the report date.
Investigation
  • Gardaí pursued the car and pulled it over; one report says the car stopped once gardaí were behind it.
  • The car was seized by gardaí.
Other details
  • The driver held only an unaccompanied learner permit.
  • The car was being driven with no tax.
  • The driver's name, age, sex and nationality are not given.
  • Reports of the incident were published on 23 January 2025 and 24 January 2025.
Charges
No arrest or charge is reported.
In court
No court proceedings are reported.
Sentence
No sentence is reported.
12 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe driver of a car tried to evade the checkpoint. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • whatThe motorist tried to evade the checkpoint. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • whereThe checkpoint was held on the Limerick Road in Nenagh. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • whereGardaí were holding a checkpoint in Nenagh, County Tipperary. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • whenThe incident happened on a Wednesday. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí pursued and pulled over the motorist. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • investigationThe car was seized by gardaí. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe driver was an unaccompanied learner permit holder and the car had no tax. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe car was seized. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe driver held only a learner permit. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe driver was an unaccompanied learner permit holder. (tipperarylive.ie)
  • otherThe car was being driven with no tax. (tipperarylive.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 23 Jan2025
    Othertipperarylive.ie, first report
    GOT YA! Gardaí in Tipperary catch motorist who tried to 'evade' a checkpoint

    Single roadside incident: a motorist tried to evade a Nenagh checkpoint, held only an unaccompanied learner permit, and drove a car with no tax, which was seized. No name, age, sex or nationality is given.

    suspect
  2. 23 Jan2025
    Othertipperarylive.ie, follow-up
    Tipperary Gardaí forced to pursue motorist who tried to avoid checkpoint in busy town

    Original report of a single incident in Nenagh. The article gives the day as Wednesday and was published on 23 January 2025, so the incident date is inferred as 22 January 2025. No existing case matches.

    suspect