Drunk driver whose car turned on its roof on busy Cork road banned for two years

A drunk driver lost control of his car which ended up on its roof on a major road in West Cork, the district court has heard.

Court presenter, Sergeant Tom Mulcahy, told Skibbereen District Court that a single-vehicle accident near Leap in Co Cork was reported on June 3, 2025. When gardaí arrived at the scene at Keamore on the main N71 road just west of Leap village at 8.15pm, a blue Hyundai i30 car was on its roof in the westbound lane.

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