Girl convicted of drink-driving had open bottle of vodka in her automobile at 10am, courtroom hears

A girl who had an open bottle of vodka along with her in her jeep at 10.30am was discovered responsible of drink-driving at a current listening to at Macroom District Courtroom.

Courtroom presenter Sergeant Trish O’Sullivan stated a motorist contacted gardaí following an incident on the Donoughmore-Nad Highway in north Cork on the morning of December 7, 2023.

The girl stated she was driving when a pink Toyota Rav 4 jeep approached from the wrong way and crossed the stable white line in the direction of her car. The girl took evasive motion and was in a position to pull right into a driveway and keep away from a collision.

The girl stated she noticed the Jeep brake, circled and adopted. The jeep stopped a brief distance away and the lady took the keys from the ignition and referred to as the gardaí.

When a Garda patrol automobile arrived, the motive force of the jeep recognized as Claire Coughlan, 56, of New Tipperary, Donoughmore, Co Cork, was nonetheless sitting within the driver’s seat.

There was an open bottle of vodka within the ground in addition to plenty of different containers of alcohol within the car. The garda requested Ms Couglan to provide her driving license and insurance coverage certificates, however she couldn’t present these both.

Ms Coughlan had issue talking and appeared intoxicated. She was arrested on the scene. A breathalyzer check carried out at Macroom Garda Station confirmed Ms Coughlan had a blood alcohol degree of 312 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, when the authorized restrict is 50 mg, which means she was greater than six instances the authorized drink-drive restrict.

Protection lawyer Sean Cahill stated Ms Coughlan clearly had dependancy points and was in search of assist and remedy to deal with that.

In mitigation, he stated she lived in a really remoted space, was not driving and the possibilities of her getting behind the wheel once more had been “zero”.

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He specifies that his consumer acquired a incapacity pension and used a strolling support. The courtroom heard Ms Coughlan had a earlier drink-driving conviction in Could 2022, when she was banned from driving for 3 years.

Choose Monika Leech stated that in addition to being drunk, Ms Coughlan was driving whereas disqualified. She stated the info of the case had been extraordinarily severe and it was “solely by the grace of God” that the opposite motorist was not one other street accident sufferer.

She added that she had not heard any expression of regret from Ms Coughlan. For drink driving, Claire Coughlan was convicted and fined €200 with six months’ fee and banned from driving for 10 years.

For driving with out insurance coverage, she was discovered responsible and fined €200 with six months’ fee and banned from driving for 2 years. Paid driving with no license was considered.