DONEGAL RALLY WEEKEND IS AKIN TO DODGE CITY AND HAS TO STOP – JUDGE

June 20, 2016
Gardai made 58 arrests over the rally weekend.

Gardai made 58 arrests over the rally weekend.

A Judge has warned he may change his approach to dealing with offending motorists in the wake of the latest Donegal International Rally.

Judge Paul Kelly spoke as he dealt with a number of offenders at Letterkenny District Court today.

There were a total of 58 arrests during the rally, many of them for public order and motoring offences.

Many of those arrested have been bailed and will be dealt with at a special court sitting on July 4th next at Letterkenny District Court.

In a hard-hitting address to his court, Judge Kelly said this was the sixth year he had sat before the court on the Monday after the rally weekend.

“Each year it seems to me it is getting worse and more numerous and it seems the approach I am taking is not working and I will have to change that approach.

“People are coming to Donegal and to Letterkenny and driving round in the manner that had been described by Garda O’Dowd and they think they can get away with it and it’s great fun.

“Gardai are being put to enormous inconvenience and are getting dog’s absue. The atmosphere is turning into something akin of Dodge City in the bad told days and it has to stop,” he said.


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