Judge slams ‘arrogance’ of teenager

A teenager was accused of breathtaking arrogance, ignorance, and a lack of human feeling by a judge over parking his car across two disabled spaces.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan continued his hard line against motorists who park on disabled spots by banning John McNamara, aged 18, from driving for five months after he pleaded guilty to parking in the disabled zone at Ennis’s Parnell St car park on January 4.

Judge Durcan banned McNamara from driving after earlier imposing a five month driving ban on Iwona Zaton of Aughanteeroe, Gort Rd, Ennis, Co Clare, for parking in a disabled spot in Ennis on January 14. Ms Zaton wasn’t in court.