Judge tells accused to get bus timetable

A man has been ordered by a judge to bring a bus time-table to court to prove he knows how to find his way there for his next case.

Shane Valentine was arrested by gardaí in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, after failing to make court appointments in both Drogheda and Swords.

Mr Valentine, 21, had been the subject of 17 bench warrants. He appeared before Judge Conal Gibbons, at Letterkenny District Court. Judge Gibbons asked him why he had not turned up for his court appearances. He replied he did not know “there was a bus to Drogheda.”