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Banned, serial offending ex-GAA star jailed for causing serious harm to cyclist

Date
2024-01-19

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

A man from Letterkenny, County Donegal, has been sentenced to twenty-one months in prison following a dangerous driving conviction at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Kevin McMenamin, aged forty-two, pleaded guilty to causing serious bodily harm to a cyclist in Ballsbridge on July twenty-second, twenty twenty-one. The court heard that McMenamin drove through a red light and made a sudden left turn, striking the woman and trapping her beneath his truck for two metres. The cyclist, in her late sixties, sustained a fractured pelvis and severe leg injuries, requiring hospitalisation for nearly five months and placement in an induced coma. McMenamin was disqualified from driving at the time of the incident. Judge Martin Nolan noted McMenamin's thirty-three previous convictions, including road traffic offences, and stated he showed no regard for the law. The judge imposed an additional five-year driving disqualification.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Banned, serial offending ex-GAA star jailed for causing serious harm to cyclist. Charges or matters: dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm at the junction of Herbert Park Road and Morehampton Road in Ballsbridge. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

July 22, 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
March 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
2024-01-19 Publication

Case subjects

Kevin McMenamin

Convicted Person

Charges: dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm at the junction of Herbert Park Road and Morehampton Road in Ballsbridge (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Photo: Collins) A banned, serial offending ex-GAA star who ran a red light and drove over a cyclist, breaking her pelvis and causing severe leg trauma for which she was placed into an induced coma, has been jailed for 21 months. Addressing McMenamin, Judge Nolan said: "You showed no regard for the law of the land and you should not have driven." He said he must impose a custodial sentence and sentenced him to 21 months in prison.