A 30-year-old driver who has nine previous convictions for driving without insurance and 11 active disqualifications has been jailed after pleading guilty to a further driving offence. Tyrone Byrne of Demesne Road, Dundalk was convicted at Trim District Court of driving without insurance or driving licence e at the N52 Carlanstown, Kells on 17 th October last. The court was told that he had 66 previous convictions in total and had been disqualified from driving for periods ranging from four years to 10 years from 2016 to the present. Defending solicitor Dermot Monahan said his client had been addicted to heroin since he was 14 years old but had been clean for the last 17 months. He was attending college three nights a week. He was cooperative and polite to the Gardai when he was stopped, the solicitor said. Judge Derek Cooney said the defendant had “an appalling record”. He imposed a four-month prison sentence and a 10-year driving ban. Defendant was one of 12 people before the court for driving without insurance.

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 Tamazi Barabadze (35), c/o Holiday Inn Hotel, Dublin Airport ( Fined €500, disqualified for four years, has previous conviction for insurance in 2024); NA Kevin Bakare (22), Bunratty Road, Coolock (insurance, arrest warrant issued); NA Sara Stuart (43), The Anchorage, Bettystown (insurance, arrest warrant); NA Nicolae Pni (33), Edenappa Road, Jonesboro (insurance, arrest warrant); NA Tudor Troncan (27), Charnwood Dale, Clonsilla (insurance, arrest warrant); Joan McGaughran (58), Main Street, Ongar Village, Dublin (insurance, fined €500); Billial Melliani (33), Glemvera Hostel, Wellington Road, Cork (insurance, €500 fine); Gheorghe Coroama (29), Woodvale Grove, Clonsilla (insurance, €500 fine); Padraig Rennicks (22), Neilstown, Bohermeen, Navan (insurance, €500 fine); Michael McGuane, Cullentra, Longwood, Enfield (insurance, €€500 fine); Aoife Fitzsimons (27), Ballinvalley, Oldcastle (insurance €1,000 fine, disqualified for two years, fourth time for no insurance.  NA denotes no appearance in court.