Speedster boasted that gardaí couldn’t catch him

A man who reached speeds of up to 179km/h and boasted to Garda that they could not catch him has been jailed for 20 months and banned from driving for 10 years.

Shane Gibson appeared before Letterkenny District Court, Co Donegal, charged with more than 30 offences over a two-year period.

When arrested by gardaí in September, there were more than 20 bench warrants out for Gibson’s arrest.