Driver who was high on drugs avoids jail

A motorist has avoided jail after putting the lives of other motorists at risk, when he smoked cannabis before driving at speed against oncoming traffic.

Driver who was high on drugs avoids jail

On April 4, during one of a number of dangerous driving drug sprees, Robert Byrnes, 22, smashed into another car and forced other drivers off the road as he drove while high on drugs.

In another incident on June 1, 2013 Byrnes admitted driving while under the influence of drugs as he was observed by gardaí breaking a speed limit of 50km/h and swerving erratically on a road near his home.

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