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Case No. 22309Motoring offence (failing to stop at a checkpoint; dangerous driving) · Co. Offaly · 24 Jan 2023

Young man arrested after failing to stop at Garda checkpoint in Shannon Harbour, Offaly

A young man was arrested after failing to stop at a Garda checkpoint in Shannon Harbour, Offaly, at 11pm on 24 January 2023. Gardaí followed the vehicle for a number of miles through the countryside and through Banagher until it pulled over on the far side of Banagher Bridge in County Galway, during which the driver committed several acts of dangerous driving including clipping a parked car.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested15 Feb
    2 reports
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

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16 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA young driver failed to stop at a Garda checkpoint at Shannon Harbour, Offaly (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whatGardaí chased the vehicle across county boundaries until it was stopped at Banagher Bridge in Galway (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whatThe speeding car clipped another car parked on Main Street in Banagher (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whatThe parked car had two people in it at the time (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whatNo one was injured in the incident (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whatThe young man failed to stop at a Garda checkpoint in Shannon Harbour (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatGardaí followed the car for a number of miles through the countryside and through Banagher (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe car carried out several acts of dangerous driving (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe car clipped another car parked on Main Street, Banagher, which had two people in it (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatNo one was injured (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whereThe vehicle pulled over on the far side of Banagher Bridge in County Galway (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whenThe incident took place at around 11pm on Tuesday, January 24 (galwaybeo.ie)
  • whenThe checkpoint was at 11pm on Tuesday January 24 (offalyexpress.ie)
  • investigationGardaí from Ferbane and Cloghan were operating the checkpoint (offalyexpress.ie)
  • otherGardaí in Birr rarely use stingers to stop speeding cars as it can lead to collisions (galwaybeo.ie)
  • otherThe man was caught twice in one month with no tax (offalyexpress.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 19 Feb2023
    Arrestedoffalyexpress.ie, first report
    Young man arrested after failing to stop at Garda checkpoint in Offaly

    Reports the arrest and details of the pursuit, noting the man was caught twice in one month with no tax.

    suspect, male
  2. 15 Feb2023
    Arrestedgalwaybeo.ie, follow-up
    Galway gardai chase high speeding car that avoided checkpoint as driver arrested

    Adds that the car clipped a parked vehicle on Main Street in Banagher with two people inside (no injuries), and that Gardaí in Birr rarely use stingers to stop speeding cars.

    suspectvictimvictim