Driving ban and prison for 'worst driving Cork Garda had ever seen'

The driver managed to escape after a high-speed chase in which he swerved into the path of oncoming traffic to avoid a Garda stinger

Andrew Cash admitted that he drove a black Saab in the direction of two gardaí seated in their marked patrol car and deliberately collided with this vehicle which created a substantial risk of death or serious harm. File photo

The man accused of endangering the lives of two gardaí and damaging their patrol car by driving a Saab car at them and also crashing into a parked car in which the driver was making a call, was banned from driving for 10 years and jailed for two years.

28-year-old Andrew Cash of Portlaoise, County Offaly, pleaded guilty to several charges – the most serious of which were endangerment on May 11, 2018, at Carhoo, Old Mallow Road, Cork.