Coach firm is guilty of breaches

A Killarney coach and luxury transport company, associated with Kerry senior footballer Johnny Buckley, was yesterday convicted on 10 counts of offences relating to tachograph and the organisation of drivers’ time.

Defence solicitor, former Kerry footballer Eoin Brosnan, said by way of mitigation that the company was an important local employer and had a clean record.

The solicitor also said the regulations were designed for heavy goods vehicles, not for tourist coach tour operators and that they were seeking to have transport regulations changed at national and at EU level.