Driver had open cans of beer in car

Gardaí pursued a dangerous drink driver from Cork city to Ballyvolane where he crashed into a ditch, and gardaí found numerous open cans of Budweiser beer in the car.

Michael Wallace, of 9 Lotamore Drive, Mayfield, was sentenced to a total of 10 months in prison and banned from driving for 10 years by Judge Olann Kelleher yesterday at Cork District Court.