Driver who judge said should never be allowed on roads again sees 20-year ban halved

Siobhán Lankford, for Feehan, said the ban was "far and above outside of the norm" and quoted previous bans.

Emergency services at the scene of the road traffic accident on the N20 in February 2015. Picture: David Keane

A dangerous driver who, according to a judge, should never be allowed behind the wheel “on a public road” again after crashing into oncoming traffic during a "truly scandalous" overtaking manoeuvre has had his 20-year driving ban halved by the Court of Appeal.

His passenger, then 40-year-old Brid Hallihan, suffered a broken pelvis and spent months in hospital as she recovered from serious injuries sustained in the multiple-vehicle pile-up on the main Mallow-to-Cork road at Grenagh, Co Cork, on February 16, 2015.