Farmer fined €1,250 after he ran over tourist with tractor

A farmer who ran over a 76-year-old German tourist with his 1980-registered tractor at one of the country’s best known tourist spots yesterday escaped with a €1,250 fine.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Gerald Keyes said that banning father of two, John Boyce, aged 57, of Moyhill, Cratloe, Co Clare, from driving would be akin to taking tools from a trader.

At the court earlier this month, a jury unanimously found Boyce guilty of careless driving relating to the fatal crash of his Massey Ferguson tractor into Inge Schmidt at a pedestrian crossing at Low Rd, Bunratty, Co Clare, on Oct 29, 2010.