Cork man crashed car during garda pursuit

Brian O’Driscoll from Muskerry Estate, Ballincollig, was sentenced to five months in prison and banned him from driving for two years.

Blue lights and siren of a pursuing garda car were ignored by the driver of an Audi A4 who took off at high speed in a dangerous driving escapade around Ballincollig after midnight.

The car crashed into a stone wall and the driver fled on foot before being found hiding at the rear of a property where he was living.