{"id":251075,"date":"2026-01-18T12:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/251075\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:03:10","slug":"disabled-man-with-three-driving-bans-deeply-regrets-city-centre-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/251075\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled man with three driving bans &#8216;deeply regrets&#8217; city centre collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-YEAR-OLD motorist with several driving bans was convicted of careless driving, causing a collision in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> city centre on March 14, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Coonan, with an address at Knockadrohid, Clare, was driving on Bridge Street in a Volkswagen Passat, while tailing a BMW. Barrister-in-Law, Donal Cronin, defending, said that Mr Coonan was driving \u201ctoo fast\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a hearing, Limerick District Court heard that the BMW braked and Mr Coonan\u2019s car collided into the vehicle while turning onto George\u2019s Quay.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cronin BL said that all parties involved in the incident have been reimbursed with insurance, including the buildings damaged.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1990732\/sister-of-limerick-child-murderer-tegan-mcghee-tells-her-i-hope-you-rot-in-hell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sister of Limerick child murderer Tegan McGhee tells her: &#8216;I hope you rot in hell&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspector Martyn Wallace, prosecuting, outlined that the man has 17 previous convictions for road traffic offences, including driving without insurance and failing to produce a driving licence.<\/p>\n<p>The man had previously received three previous driving bans from court, for a consecutive total of two, four and six years. Mr Cronin said in mitigation that the man was driving \u201ctoo fast in all circumstances\u201d, and \u201che\u2019s on disability allowance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Valerie Corcoran issued the man a \u20ac250 fine and conviction, saying that she wouldn&#8217;t ban him from driving, given the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>-Funded by the Court Reporting Scheme<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 23-YEAR-OLD motorist with several driving bans was convicted of careless driving, causing a collision in Limerick city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[45,28280,15469,61,60,1396,44,112],"class_list":["post-251075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-car-crash","tag-clare","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}