Garda clung to open window of speeding car

A man who drove at speed while a garda was clinging onto the open window of his car has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on a charge of endangerment.

Judge Keenan Johnson, who suspended the final two years of the sentence, said it was fortunate that Garda John Walsh had not been killed or suffered life changing injuries.

Tommy Corcoran, aged 22, of Ard an Mara, Cartron Point, Co Sligo, had pleaded guilty to endangerment and to possession of cannabis for the purpose of supply on April 19, 2013.