Father of homeless family who drove across garage forecourt without insurance allowed by judge to take driving test

The father in a homeless family-of-seven has been given time to pass his driving test after admitting to driving without insurance as he moved a newly-bought car from one side of a petrol station forecourt to another.

Jason O'Donoghue and his partner, Emma O'Driscoll, appeared before Bandon District Court in relation to the incident on December 5 last, with Judge James McNulty hearing that Jason, 25, had just bought a car in the forecourt of a garage and had driven it to the petrol pumps when gardaí on patrol noted there were no documents in the windscreen.