FG councillor successful in overturning drink-driving conviction

A long-serving county councillor yesterday succeeded in having a drink-driving conviction overturned.

Fine Gael’s Cllr Michael Hegarty had last August resigned as chairman of Cork County Council’s Joint Policing Committee in the wake of his then arrest for a road traffic offence.

Earlier this year, Mr Hegarty, aged 52, of Monroe, Ladysbridge, Castlemartyr, was convicted at Youghal District Court following the incident at Ballymacoda, near Ladysbridge, in the early hours of Aug 21, 2012.