A woman was caught speeding after rushing to help a bird that was in distress.
Tara Lafferty works for a Co Donegal animal charity and was answering a call in Letterkenny on July 20th last.
Ms Lafferty appeared at Letterkenny District Court today charged with speeding at 62kph in a 50kph zone at Ballyraine, Letterkenny.
Ms Lafferty, of Kilbarron, Rossnowlagh told the court “I work for an animal charity and I was on my way to inject a crow when this happened.”
She said she did not pay the speeding fine as she wanted to explain to the court what had happened.
She asked Judge Paul Kelly if he could avoid giving her penalty points on her license.
He replied that it was out of his hands but reduced the fine to €50 in the circumstances.