2026-02-03
Hit-and-run driver who caused death of boy (14) will have license restored early
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: Ruadhan Tracey (44) of Lagore Green, Dunshaughlin, Meath, received a 20-month jail sentence in 2014 but the State argued the ban was effectively the only penalisation, as his prison time ran alongside another term he was already serving. At that 2014 sentence hearing, then Judge Mary Ellen Ring said she was bound by legislation before she imposed the prison term and disqualified Tracey from driving for 20 years.; Judge Crowe adjourned the case to February 3, next and asked Mr Le Vert to open the relevant case law before the court on that date.