€100 fine for driver who said he saved 46 lives

A bus driver who claimed he saved the lives of 46 children by breaking the speed limit has been fined €100.

With 46 schoolchildren on board, gardaí operating speed checks detected the bus travelling at 69km/h in a 50km/h zone at 9.05am on March 27 last year.

Denis Doherty, of Gaddyduff, Clonmany, Co Donegal, had been charged with speeding at Tullyarvan, Buncrana, when he appeared at the district court.