Joseph Robinson denied bail over dangerous driving death

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Joseph Robinson was denied bail at Dublin District Court on 10 June 2014 over a charge of dangerous driving causing Alex Doyle’s death. The collision happened at Mount Brown, near St James’s Hospital, after a Skoda Octavia crashed into a lamppost and parked cars.

The charge was put to Robinson at Kilmainham Garda station on 9 June 2014. The court heard he was arrested near the crash and that Garda David O’Hanlon alleged he had been intoxicated and driving at extreme speed. Robinson had not indicated how he would plead and was due to face another hearing at Cloverhill District Court on 11 June 2014.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.