TD’s partner tells court 'she has upset a lot of people' and he thinks that is why he failed to get L-test appointment

John Mountaine said of his partner Violet-Anne Wynne TD: 'Unfortunately she is a politician and there is no filter from the brain to the mouth and she has upset a lot of people'

John Mountaine, Pella Rd, Kilrush, had a three-month ban affirmed for driving unaccompanied on a provisional licence. He told the court his partner, Clare TD Violet Anne Wynne, above, 'has upset a lot of people and I believe this is why this [getting a driving test appointment] has taken so long'. Picture. Brian Arthur

The partner of Independent Clare TD, Violet-Anne Wynne, told a court that “she has upset a lot of people” and said he believed this to be a reason he has not been able to get an appointment for a driving test in almost four years.

At Kilrush Circuit Court on Tuesday, John Mountaine (42) of Pella Rd, Kilrush, unsuccessfully pleaded with Judge Francis Comerford not to affirm the three-month driving ban that was imposed on him in the district court in June.