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Irish Times
3 days ago
- Irish Times
Former TD Colm Keaveney's drug-driving case adjourned for 11th time
The case against former Galway East TD Colm Keaveney who has been accused of drug driving and having no insurance has been adjourned for the 11th time. His defence solicitor informed the court there were medical issues that needed to be addressed. Mr Keaveney, a former Labour and Fianna Fáil TD, was present in Tuam Court on Tuesday when his solicitor Gearóid Geraghty informed Judge James Faughnan there would now be a plea to all matters. Mr Keaveney (54), of the Milltown Road, Tuam, Co Galway faces a charge of driving while under the influence of cocaine, as well as a no insurance charge, after he was stopped and arrested in Tuam on June 12th, 2023. The defendant has also been charged with driving without insurance on July 25th, 2023 at Vicar Street, Tuam when stopped by a garda. READ MORE Three days later he was again detected by the same garda for allegedly driving without insurance at the N17 Plaza in Tuam. Initially, the court was told the defendant would be contesting the drug-driving charge on the grounds there was an inordinate delay of three months between the Medical Bureau of Road Safety testing his blood sample for alcohol, and the test for drugs and that the sample remained unsealed in the meantime. However, Mr Geraghty told Tuam Court a plea would be entered to all offences as he sought a final adjournment in the matter. He said 'something has arisen that I want to deal with' as he applied for the adjournment. 'There will be a plea and it won't trouble the court. There are a number of medical issues that need to be addressed,' he said. Judge Faughnan said there would be no further dates available to the defendant and agreed that the matter will be put back to the September 9th sitting of the court for finalisation.
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- RTÉ News
Drug driving case against former TD adjourned once more
A case against a former TD, accused of drug driving, has been adjourned once more. Colm Keaveney was elected as a Labour Deputy for Galway East in 2011 and subsequently joined Fianna Fáil. He's charged with driving with cocaine in his system, contrary to the Road Traffic Act. The offences are alleged to have occurred at Cummer, Tuam, Co Galway on 12 June 2023. The case was before Judge James Faughnan at today's sitting of Tuam District Court, having already been adjourned on multiple occasions. Defence solicitor, Gearóid Geraghty, told the court that a matter had arisen which needed to be dealt with. He sought one final adjournment to attend to this, after indicating that a plea would be lodged at that time. Sergeant Christy Browne said it was the State's view that there had already been a significant number of hearings in relation to the charges. He argued that the case should be finalised today. In response, Mr Geraghty told the court that a medical situation needed to be addressed and said he was seeking one more adjournment, on a peremptory basis, to allow for this. Judge Faughnan acceded to the request and said the proceedings would be concluded when they are next listed for hearing in September. Mr Keaveney sat at the back of the court throughout the brief proceedings and left shortly afterwards. The Court has previously heard that the drug testing of a blood sample provided by the former TD involved a two stage process, which began on 3 July 2023 and was completed on 4 August. It revealed the presence of benzoylecgonine, commonly known as cocaine. The case has now been adjourned on eleven separate occasions. Mr Keaveney lost his Dáil seat in 2016 and went on to serve on Galway County Council. He no longer holds elected office.
