{"id":549998,"date":"2026-07-14T23:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549998\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T23:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:17:11","slug":"man-disqualified-after-no-insurance-detection-in-letterkenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549998\/","title":{"rendered":"Man disqualified after no insurance detection in Letterkenny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been put off the road after being caught driving without insurance in Donegal.<\/p>\n<p>The case of Isse Idow was before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Letterkenny District Court.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Idow, a 24-year-old with an address at Park Street, Dundalk, was not present in court or legally represented.<\/p>\n<p>Garda Cassidy gave evidence in relation to an incident on January 18, 2026 at Lower Main Street, Letterkenny.<\/p>\n<p>Garda Cassidy told the court that he stopped a Hyundai i40 at 11.20pm after it flagged on the ANPR (automatic number place recognition) device as having no insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Idow produced a full driving licence and told Garda Cassidy that he was electing to produce a certificate of insurance or a certificate of exemption at Dundalk Garda Station. However, no documents were produced.<\/p>\n<p>Garda Sergeant Jim Collins confirmed that Idow has no previous convictions.<\/p>\n<p>On a charge of failing to produce insurance, Idow was fined \u20ac100 and given four months to pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/fears-for-suspected-baby-whale-after-rare-stranding-in-buncrana-641772\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Fears for suspected baby whale after rare stranding in Buncrana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784071029_68_fears-for-suspected-baby-whale-after-rare-stranding-in-buncrana.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Fears for suspected baby whale after rare stranding in Buncrana\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/twelfth-weekend-influx-needs-dedicated-policing-plan-641754\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Twelfth weekend influx needs dedicated policing plan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/twelfth-weekend-influx-needs-dedicated-policing-plan.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Twelfth weekend influx needs dedicated policing plan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In respect of the charge of driving without insurance, Judge Emile Daly fined Idow \u20ac450 and gave him four months to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Daly also disqualified Idow from driving for a period of two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been put off the road after being caught driving without insurance in Donegal. The case&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-549998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549998","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=549998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}