{"id":406163,"date":"2026-04-19T05:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406163\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:05:25","slug":"judge-tells-man-youll-get-a-bad-back-from-me-in-limerick-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406163\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge tells man &#8216;you\u2019ll get a bad back from me&#8217; in Limerick court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A MAN has received a ten year driving ban for road traffic offences on the outskirts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Ahern, aged 28, of Claughan Court, Garryowen, Limerick, crashed his car into the entrance of a quarry at Ballycar, Ardnacrusha, County Clare on January 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting Sergeant Denis Waters told Limerick District Court that Mr Ahern admitted to garda\u00ed he was driving with no insurance or driving licence at the time of the offence.<\/p>\n<p>The sergeant outlined that Mr Ahern has 37 previous convictions &#8211; including two for no insurance, one for no driving licence, one for driving without an NCT, a count of criminal damage, and a section four Public Order offence.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2061494\/burglar-fell-from-getaway-car-after-raid-on-well-known-limerick-business.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Burglar fell from getaway car after raid on well-known Limerick business<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahern had also been disqualified from driving by a judge at Ennis District Court on November 19, 2025, and was disqualified at the time of the quarry crash.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor John Herbert, representing the man, said Mr Ahern hurt his back when he was 17.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Patricia Harney replied: \u201cI\u2019ll tell you something, You\u2019ll get a bad back from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Herbert said Mr Ahern\u2019s back injury came about in a work accident, and that his back had been crushed by steel.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Harney convicted and sentenced Mr Ahern to 12 weeks\u2019 imprisonment, and fined him \u20ac1,500 in total for the offences.<\/p>\n<p>The judge disqualified him from driving for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>-Funded by the Courts 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 MAN has received a ten year driving ban for road traffic offences on the outskirts of Limerick.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,15469,56271,61,60,1396,44,43],"class_list":["post-406163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-clare","tag-garryowen","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-city","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406163","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=406163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}