High Court overturns Mayo woman's 'lift for reward' acquittal

A woman who gave a lift to two men from a Mayo pub, and who was later acquitted of an offence of driving her car for reward, has had the acquittal overturned by the High Court.

District Court Judge Alan Mitchell had ruled that in the absence of money having changed hands, or in the absence of any agreement in advance of the fare, there was no evidence that Ita Granaghan had carried a person for the purposes of a reward.