Student who drove Audi A4 at 184kmh on Louth motorway hit with two-year driving ban

By Francis Carroll, The Drogheda Independent

A 23-year-old student who drove at 184kmh on the motorway north of Dundalk has been fined €400 and disqualified from driving for two years.

Fearghal Murphy, Ballinliss Road, Killeavy, Newry, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at M1 Red Cow on July 26 last.

Evidence was presented that gardaí operating a speed checkpoint recorded an Audi A4 travelling at 184kmh.

Judge Stephanie Coggans remarked that it was an “awful speed”, adding she would say no more than that.

Solicitor Frank McDonnell said that Mr Murphy was a Mechanical Engineering student on whom a disqualification would have an impact.

He was making no bones about it and had been severely reprimanded at home. What happened on his way to work was out of character and came as a “big surprise”.