Chip van owner given ‘a lucky break’ in driving case

The owner of an impounded chip van got a lucky break in court yesterday when a judge cleared him of a careless driving offence.

Finbarr Harrington, of Owenahincha, West Cork, arrived at the village square in Rosscarbery on Oct 23 last to find his van missing.

In a “split second” moment, he swerved his car to the wrong side of the road in what another driver claimed was a deliberate attempt to hit him.