Daly in court to contest charge of driving offence

Independent socialist TD Clare Daly appeared in a court in Dublin yesterday to plead not guilty to an offence of driving without reasonable consideration.

Daly, 45, had received a summons in connection with an alleged road traffic incident at the Dublin Port Tunnel on March 20 last year. She intends to contest a charge for driving her car “without reasonable consideration for other persons” on a section of the southbound side of the tunnel in the Dublin 1 area.

This charge, on conviction, results in a fine only and carries no risk of a road ban or a jail term.