Man drove up embankment in bid to evade gardaí

Gardaí spotted that a suspected drink driver had stopped his car on the slow lane of the Mallow Rd in Cork but on seeing the guards the motorist took off at speed across the hard shoulder and up on to the grass embankment.

Gerard Walsh of 12 Meadow Crescent, The Meadows, Hollyhill, Cork, pleaded guilty to offences arising out of this.

He also pleaded guilty to a threatening charge arising out of another incident where he shouted threats at a motorist following a car accident.