Cork driver with 77 previous convictions  crashed into young family 

Mallow man pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving, one count of threatening and abusive behaviour, two counts of intoxication in a public place, and one count of possession of illegal drugs

Judge Colm Roberts said at Mallow District Court that the record of the accused was 'atrocious'.

A motorist who was driving on the wrong side of the road around a bend and crashed into a young family travelling in the opposite direction has been jailed in the District Court. 

Stephen Buckley, 29, of Derrinagree, Mallow, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving, one count of threatening and abusive behaviour, two counts of intoxication in a public place, and one count of possession of illegal drugs.