Judge bans man from sulky driving for six months

In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind in the country, a 24-year-old man has been banned from sulky driving for six months.

Judge Brian Sheridan issued the ban after hearing that Aidan Hooper refused to stop his sulky for gardaí and drove the horse and carriage in a dangerous manner as he tried to get away from them.

The judge made his ruling at Mallow District Court in Co Cork on Tuesday after being told that on the afternoon of Sunday, July 7, gardaí received reports that sulky-racing was taking place on the main Cork-Limerick road (N20) near the village of Ballyhea.