Provisional driver fined as woman sustains serious head injuries

A provisional license driver who was in collision with a cyclist, leaving her with serious head injuries, has been fined €1,500 by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

Alan Smart (aged 28) of The Clositers, Mount Tallant Avenue, Harold’s Cross and Ms Geraldine Murtagh’s bicycle were in collision after he overtook a car on the inside bus lane, because he thought the driver was travelling too slowly.