Borrisonane farm machinery operator gets suspended jail for driving while banned

A man who was stopped driving an agricultural machine at a time when he was disqualified has been given a three-month jail sentence by Judge Elizabeth MacGrath at Nenagh District Court.

However, she suspended the sentence on James Bourke, 25, Springfields, Borrisokane, for four years on condition that he enter a bond in the sum of €250 to be of good behaviour for four years.

The court heard Mr Bourke was stopped in Ballinderry on December 22, 2021.

The defendant, who worked as a farm labourer, had two previous convictions for driving without insurance and was off the road at the time, the court heard.