Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, victim

Born

Between April 1972 and April 1973, from the ages reported

Offences

Driving without insurance and driving without a licence, Dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm

Where

Co. Donegal

Reporting

2 reports, 13 May 2023 to 22 Apr 2026

Outlets

donegallive.ie

• Malin Head man sentenced over uninsured quad bike crash Driving without insurance and driving without a licence · Co. Donegal

  On the evening of August 30, 2025, a red Honda TRX520 quad bike that was not insured crashed at about 9.12pm in Culkeeny, Malin, Co Donegal, and no one else was injured. Stephen McLaughlin, a 53-year-old man from Lower Braghey, Malin Head, was identified as the driver, and gardaí called to his home on September 22, 2025. He pleaded guilty at Carndonagh District Court sitting in Buncrana to driving without insurance and driving without a licence, and was disqualified from driving for two years and fined a total of €350 with four months to pay. In sentencing, Judge Emile Daly said he should not have been driving under any circumstances because of his health condition, and the most recent report on the case was published in April 2026.

  Sentenced, 22 Apr 2026Convicted · 1 report
• Man awaiting sentence after guilty plea in Clonmany dangerous driving case Dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm · Co. Donegal

  A driver sped around the village of Clonmany, Donegal, with one man on the car roof and another on the bonnet before braking suddenly, sending one man crashing to the ground. The incident occurred around midnight on 12 or 13 September 2021 on Main Street, Clonmany. Adam McCarron, 20, of Carndonagh, was charged with dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to Stephen McLaughlin and two counts of endangerment, and pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court in May 2023. Stephen Kelly, 22, suffered a serious brain injury and spent 10 weeks at the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dublin. The judge reserved his position in May 2024 and adjourned the case to June 11, 2024, citing a subsequent conviction for dangerous driving and drink driving in February 2023.

  In court, 13 May 2023Victim · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 22 Apr2026
   Sentenceddonegallive.ie, in Malin Head man sentenced over uninsured quad bike crash

   Farmer who crashed quad shouldn’t have been driving due to epilepsy, court told

   convicted, Stephen McLaughlin, 53, male, named, irish (judged from name)Stephen McLaughlin♂53IE
2. 13 May2023
   In courtdonegallive.ie, in Man awaiting sentence after guilty plea in Clonmany dangerous driving case

   Guilty plea to causing serious bodily harm in Clonmany driving incident

   victim, Stephen McLaughlin, irish (judged from name)Stephen McLaughlinIE

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