Garda Sergeant in Cork fails in his appeal against drink-driving conviction

The penalty on the conviction that was under appeal included a two-year driving disqualification which will now come into effect from August 1

Robert Brosnan was off-duty at the time of the incident. File picture: Dan Linehan

A Garda Sergeant who appealed a drink-driving conviction and two-year driving disqualification on the basis of a claim that his detention at the scene of a road traffic accident was unlawful was unsuccessful in his appeal on Thursday.

Judge Helen Boyle rejected the appeal by Robert Brosnan, who was off-duty at the time of the incident on December 19, 2020, at Cork Circuit Appeals Court. “I think the arrest was valid and everything that flowed from it,” Judge Boyle said.