Ruling could lead to dismissal of speeding summonses

A number of speeding summonses may have to be dismissed after a High Court ruling.

The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, found gardaí should have provided a man summonsed for speeding with a photograph taken of his car on the day of the alleged offence before he was brought before the district court.

He was giving his ruling in a case taken by Michael Gilvarry, Killalla, Co Mayo, who was summonsed for allegedly doing 93km/h in an 80km/h zone in Ballina on October 30, 2011.