RSA ‘reluctantly’ withdraws case against test centre operator

The Road Safety Authority has “reluctantly” withdrawn what it said was its first and so far only prosecution against someone for interfering with or obstructing one of its technical inspectors, after the now-retired officer declined to give evidence.

The RSA had brought a prosecution against Anthony McSweeney, who operates Riverstick Motors Ltd in Co Cork, arising out of an incident on December 4, 2015, in which it was alleged that an inspector working for one of its contractors, Bureau Veritas, was impeded when trying to conduct an unannounced inspection of the vehicle testing facility.