Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between January 1989 and January 1990, from the ages reported

Offences

Dangerous driving

Where

Co. Kildare

Reporting

1 report, 29 Jan 2026 to 29 Jan 2026

Outlets

kildarenow.com

• Woman disqualified after child found in car during M7 dangerous driving stop, Naas Dangerous driving · Co. Kildare

  On 18 May 2025 gardaí stopped a car driven by Josephine Connors, a 36-year-old woman, on the M7 at Lewistown, Naas, Co Kildare, after it veered across lanes into the hard shoulder. An eight-year-old child, not wearing a seat belt, was found in the car along with a half-empty litre bottle of vodka, and the child was put into a patrol car. Connors, a learner driver, was detained and prosecuted for dangerous driving and for refusing to provide a blood or urine sample at Naas garda station on the same date. Naas District Court disqualified her for four years for dangerous driving, with a concurrent four-year ban for the refusal, as reported on 29 January 2026.

  Sentenced, 29 Jan 2026Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 29 Jan2026
   Sentencedkildarenow.com, in Woman disqualified after child found in car during M7 dangerous driving stop, Naas

   Kildare gardaí found child (8) in pyjamas with no seat belt and vodka, when woman was stopped for dangerous driving on M7

   convicted, Josephine Connors, 36, female, named, irish (judged from name)Josephine Connors♀36IE

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