Drivers banned for failing to buckle up kids

A district court judge is banning motorists from driving for not having children buckled up in their cars.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan banned a man from driving for six months after stating that he “had endangered a child” by not having the four year old properly restrained in his car.

In a new get tough policy concerning child road safety, Judge Durcan also imposed driving bans on two drivers for the non-restraint of children in their cars and adjourned imposing a further driving ban on an Ennis mother for the same offence to tomorrow.