Car fleeing gardaí had child, 2, in back seat

A father who didn’t realise there was a two-year-old boy in the back of the car he was driving during a high speed Garda chase has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Daryl Bolger, 23, had taken 20 tranquiliser tablets when he drove off in the uninsured car while gardai were questioning the driver outside the car.

He was a passenger in the vehicle when gardaí stopped it just before 10am last January. He moved into the driver’s seat and sped off. The court heard the young boy was not properly restrained in the back seat.