Gardaí drove woman to ATM for bail

A DISTRICT COURT judge has claimed that a case in which a person was taken from a Garda station, while in custody, to a bank ATM machine to get money to secure a release on bail, has made “legal history”.

The defendant in the case at Monaghan Court was a 31-year-old woman who was arrested by gardaí after a breath test, taken when her car was stopped, had shown she was “marginally over the limit” for excess alcohol.

Garda Diarmuid Leane, Monaghan, gave evidence of stopping the woman’s vehicle after being aware that she was at a house party earlier on the night of April 4 last.