Off-duty drink-driving garda crashed into oncoming car while on wrong side of road in Clare

Mandatory two-year ban imposed on Stephen Byrne, who was a 'no show' for the case

The garda was a 'no show' for the case.

An off-duty drink-driving garda crashed his car at speed into an oncoming car on the wrong side of the road in west Clare over two years ago.

At Ennis District Court on Thursday, Judge Mary Larkin imposed a mandatory two-year driving ban on Stephen Byrne (39) after convicting him of dangerous driving on the road linking Inagh to Miltown Malbay on August 20, 2020.