IF YOU ARE CHARGED WITH dangerous driving, you will receive a summons. These words will appear on that summons: “That you did on [date]...

"Testing blood for alcohol takes a few days. Its a very quick process. But testing blood for drugs "takes weeks if not months" (to quote the Bureau)"

Beware of AI bots giving 'legal advice'. “I have received a fixed charge notice for driving with excess alcohol in Donegal where I have...

"Turning to Huhne the judge remarked that he had “fallen from a great height’ and that he was ‘somewhat- but not greatly in my view-more culpable” than his ex-wife. He had stronger words for his ex-wife."

Sometimes the difference between success and failure is pure chance. Embrace it.

Imagine facing a judge for the same crime in two different courtrooms. In one, you get one-year in prison. In the other? Ten years.

If you’re asking whether it’s legal, maybe. But if you’re asking whether it’s safe—legally, reputationally, personally—the real answer is clear: You already know.

Dangerous Driving FAQ Ireland | Penalties, Reports & Summons Explained What happens if someone reports me for dangerous driving in...

"In one scenario you’re driving at a time and a day when there is nobody around. In the other the reverse is the case. Even if there was nobody around it could still qualify as dangerous driving becasue it might be reasonable to assume that at that time of the day you would expect people to be there"

Cocaine Use Among Women in Ireland Has Soared 426% C ocaine use among Irish women is surging. The Health Research Board, an Irish...

The 'best performing' witness does not equate to the most accurate or credible. Some people are highly skilled at public speaking and in the witness box can seem cool and assured. But just because someone is calm and composed, does not mean that they are de facto accurate.

Try your best not to look crazy...

Listen to the question and answer the question, not some question you think you should be asked.

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action Yes. There are some occasions when pleading guilty is the only...

"Our legal system doesn’t require you prove your innocence. In fact it doesn’t require you to prove anything. The burden of proof in any criminal case rests with the State"

"You had wondered whether you would disappear behind it. You told yourself you wouldn’t. But you had been lying to yourself and now you would pay the price for that deception too"

"But in 95% of hit and run cases, there is no injury caused to anyone else, and jail is highly unlikely, especially for first time offenders"

Drink Driving Court Process in Ireland: What to Expect O ne of the most common questions I’m asked is: what actually happens in court...

"Get used to further one-star accommodation as you wile away your days in a little room with a chap affectionately known by his friends as ‘Killer’.  

"His rule/whim was simple, and brutal: if you were convicted of drink driving in his court, you went to prison. First offence? It made no difference. The result? Everyone pleaded not guilty. Even where the evidence was insurmountable. Why? Because a guilty plea meant an automatic jail sentence"