Eric Ryan given suspended sentence for dangerous driving

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Eric Ryan was given a three-year fully suspended sentence for dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 4 May 2016.

The offence occurred on Clanbrassil Street Upper, Dublin, on 6 February 2015, when Ryan’s car struck Eve Neylon as she crossed on a green pedestrian light.

Neylon needed four operations and suffered lasting injuries, including early-onset arthritis, a limp and a dropped right foot.

Ryan had pleaded guilty. The court also disqualified him from driving for four years, while sentencing for leaving the scene was due in July.