{"id":337537,"date":"2026-03-09T20:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/337537\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:49:07","slug":"limerick-carer-gets-three-year-driving-ban-for-drink-driving-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/337537\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick carer gets three-year driving ban for drink driving at night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CARER has been convicted of drink driving in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Umaro Tarawalie, 35, of Chestnut Garden, Newcastle West, was flagged down by a garda on patrol who was \u201cconcerned by his manner of driving\u201d on the Rossbrien Road, Dooradoyle, at 1.46am, on September 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting Sergeant Denis Waters said that the man was administered a drug test and arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Upon testing at the station, Mr Tarawalie was found to have 76 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of breath.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2030260\/new-plan-announces-more-gardai-on-the-city-streets-in-limerick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New plan announces more garda\u00ed on the city streets in Limerick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legal drink-driving limit in Ireland for fully licensed, experienced drivers is 50 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.<\/p>\n<p>Limerick District City Court heard that Mr Tarawalie has no previous convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Making a plea of mitigation for Mr Tarawalie, Solicitor Darach McCarthy said \u201che\u2019s very sorry\u201d, and that his client is pleading guilty to the intoxication matter.<\/p>\n<p>The solicitor said that Mr Tarawalie is married, and the father of three children. Mr McCarthy stated that Mr Tarawalie is employed as a careworker, and the man drives to work.<\/p>\n<p>Mr McCarthy petitioned the judge to defer any driving disqualification, as Mr Tarawalie will have to move house if he cannot drive to work.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Patricia Harney disqualified the man from driving for three years. The judge deferred the driving ban until June, and noted that the man has a previous good record.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Harney convicted Mr Tarawalie for drink driving, and fined the man \u20ac500, giving him four months to pay the penalty.<\/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 CARER has been convicted of drink driving in Limerick. Umaro Tarawalie, 35, of Chestnut Garden, Newcastle West,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34903,61,60,1396,44,7250,43],"class_list":["post-337537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-dooradoyle","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-limerick-district-court","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337537","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=337537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}