The boy was bed bound and needed to a wheelchair for six months after the incidentDunne (26) was on a provisional licence, had no insurance and did not have his mother’s permission to take the car
Dennis Dunne (File photo: Paddy Cummins)
A man who struck a child while he was driving as an uninsured and unaccompanied learner driver has been jailed for eight months.
Dennis Dunne (26) of Kilmahuddrick Lawns, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to careless driving causing serious bodily harm to the then eight-year-old boy on May 25, 2024.