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Classic car dealers fined for speeding
Two classic car dealers were caught driving their Jaguars at more than 165 km/h on the N25, Wexford District Court has heard.
Garda Darren McDarby said he clocked the two cars travelling in convoy at a speed of 165 km/h (or 103 mph) at Harristown, Taghmon, at 11.40pm last Friday, April 4th.
It took the garda a full "six or seven kilometres" to get James Brennan (32), Lea Road, Sonning Common, Berkshire, and Chris Randall (33), Leys Cottage, Bix, Henley-on-Thames, Oxton, to stop.
Randall was driving a Jaguar V type and Brennan a Jaguar XJ 12, according to Garda McDarby, who said the men ran a classic car company in England.
The garda said they were co-operative and apologetic.
Garda McDarby said they had sold the V type to a customer in Cork, but he wasn't happy with it so they came over to bring it back.
He said they were "running late" last Friday night when they caught his attention, though they were not due to get the ferry from Rosslare until the next morning.
Upon hearing that both men had paid cash bail of €250 at Wexford Garda station, Judge Donnchadh
Ó Buachalla convicted them both of dangerous driving and fined them €250 each, to be paid using the cash bail.
Board overturns pub permission
An attempt to convert a restaurant to a pub in Killarney town centre has been overturned by An Bord Pleanála.
Residents had complained that there were 37 bars already within a 250-metre radius of the proposed bar at the corner of Bohereen Caol, Glebe and the Milkmarket lanes at the back of one of Killarney's main shopping streets.
They also complained of the likelihood of noise and congregation due to the smoking ban.
Killarney Town Council had granted conditional planning permission to the applicants, Chris and Pádraig Quill. However, An Bord Pleanála has overturned the permission. Its inspector said the proposal to leave the upper storeys of the building empty would contribute to a feeling of dereliction in the area and erode its appearance.
Fisheries body to restart legal case
The Eastern Regional Fisheries Board has expressed concern over the collapse of a case involving non-Irish nationals who were prosecuted for the alleged illegal netting of fish at Castleblayney District Court, Co Monaghan, last week.
The board issued a statement yesterday in which it said the court office was notified, in advance, that summonses issued to a number of east Europeans were returned, not having been served, and a request was made that the cases should not have been listed for hearing on that day.
The board now intends to seek the reissue of legal proceedings against all those who were summonsed.