Judge: Driver must have been in ‘airborne vehicle’ at 178km/h

A judge said that a man driving 178km/h on a motorway must have been driving an "airborne vehicle".

Thomas Donovan, of 29 Crowe St, Gort, Co Galway, narrowly avoided jail yesterday when Judge Patrick Durcan imposed a two-month suspended jail term after hearing details of the speed Mr Donovan was doing in his 131-D registered car on Aug 6 last.

Garda Rosaleen O’Connor told Ennis District Court Mr Donovan was recorded driving 178km/h north of the village of Crusheen, on the main Ennis to Gort motorway.