Ardancuain, Dromod, Co Leitrim
ChargesDriving with no insurance, Failing to produce insurance
OutcomeFined €250, no driving ban imposed
Fine: €250
Sebastian Cobala, a 22-year-old Polish national working as an apprentice cabinet maker, was detected driving with no insurance at River Meadow, Dromod on March 12. He pleaded guilty and was fined €250, with no driving ban imposed due to special circumstances. The defendant had wrongly assumed he was insured on his friend's car and had been in the country for only a short time.
Source: Leitrim Observer