Joshua Allen, the eldest son of TV chef and author Rachel Allen,\u00a0appeared in an East Cork court today on a charge of dangerous driving.<\/p>\n
Allen, 26, was charged with dangerous driving in the Ballycotton area on October 27 of last year.<\/p>\n
Court presenter Sergeant Majella O’Sullivan told Midleton District Court that a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).<\/p>\n
It is expected that the file will be finalised and sent to the DPP in three weeks.<\/p>\n
Sgt O\u2019Sullivan suggested that the case could be adjourned until May 14, when DPP directions are expected.<\/p>\n
Defence solicitor Don Ryan consented to this date.<\/p>\n
Mr Allen of Ballinamona, Shangarry, is charged with dangerous driving on the R629 at Monagurra.<\/p>\n
The charge is that he drove in such a manner, considering speed and other factors as to be dangerous to himself and the public, contrary to Section 53 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961.<\/p>\n
Sgt O\u2019Sullivan previously told Midleton District Court that further charges were also being considered.<\/p>\n
Mr Allen has fought successfully in mixed martial arts, winning a championship in Cork. He also works as a stonemason and runs his own stonemasonry business.<\/p>\n
His great-grandmother, Myrtle Allen, founded the world famous Ballymaloe hotel and restaurant.<\/p>\n
The business has been further expanded under his grandmother Darina Allen and his mother Rachel Allen, both celebrity chefs and authors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joshua Allen, the eldest son of TV chef and author Rachel Allen,\u00a0appeared in an East Cork court today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2246,79,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-282653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-court","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282653","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=282653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}