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Irish Times
29-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
Pedestrian (50s) killed after being struck by car in Co Offaly
A pedestrian in his 50s has died after being struck by a car in Co Offaly on Wednesday night. The collision occurred on the N62 at Killeenboy in Cloghan, with emergency services responding shortly after 11pm, gardaí said. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was brought to Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore where a postmortem examination will take place. No other injuries were reported. READ MORE Gardaí said the road remains closed for technical examination. Local diversions are in place and motorists, particularly drivers of heavy goods vehicles, are asked to travel via Tullamore. Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses and anyone with information to come forward. Road users who may have camera footage (including dashcam) who were travelling in the area on Wednesday night between 10pm and 11.30pm are asked to share footage with gardaí.
BreakingNews.ie
09-05-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Driver who led gardaí on dangerous pursuit is put off the road and fined
A Co Donegal driver who led gardaí on a dangerous pursuit driving on the wrong side of the road, swerving across the path of pursuing gardaí and ignoring stop signs, has been fined and put off the road. Josh Bradley appeared at Letterkenny District Court where he pleaded guilty to the charges arising out of the incident on May 19th, 2024. Advertisement The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, drink-driving and driving without insurance. The court heard that Bradley, of Ballykerrigan, Cloghan, was observed acting suspiciously in a vehicle parked up at Meeting House Street in Stranorlar at 1.48 am. Sergeant Jim Collins said that when approached by gardaí, the black Nissan X-Trail jeep reversed and then drove off leaving gardaí being forced to swerve to avoid the patrol car being struck. Gardaí activated their lights and sirens as the vehicle headed towards McClay's Corner where it engaged in a number of dangerous driving manoeuvres including driving on the wrong side of the road. Advertisement The jeep then drove on towards Ard McCool where the driver ignored 'stop' signs and when gardaí tried to overtake the offending vehicle, it swerved in their way. The jeep was eventually stopped and when the driver was later tested, a positive reading of 55 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood was given. It was later discovered that the accused, Josh Bradley, was not insured to drive the vehicle. Sergeant Collins said the accused man was very apologetic when he sobered up and confirmed he has no previous convictions. Advertisement Solicitor for Bradley, Mr Patsy Gallagher, said his client was in college but also worked part-time. He said the incident on the night was a stupid mistake and completely out of character and that his parents were very concerned for Mr Bradley. Mr Gallagher added that this appeared to be "youthful stupidness" and that nothing like this had ever happened in Mr Bradley's formative years and described the incident as a "blip." However, Judge Eiteain Cunningham intervened saying "this was more than a blip" adding that Bradley's actions on the night had put gardaí and other road users at risk. Advertisement Mr Gallagher replied that his client had since completed and passed the Pro Social Driving Course and confirmed Bradley had not come to the attention of gardaí since the incident. Passing sentence, Judge Cunningham noted Bradley had completed the Pro Social Driving Course but added that the accused was lucky he was not looking at a suspended jail sentence. She added that this was because he had no previous convictions, that hopefully he has learned his lesson and also that he has completed the Pro Social Driving Course. She fined Bradley €200 and disqualified him from driving for two years for drunk driving, fined him a further €100 and disqualified him from driving for two years for dangerous driving while a charge of driving without a license was struck out.
