Cork TD drunk driving

JP Liz

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0604/osullivanc.html

Cork South-West TD Christy O'Sullivan says he is deeply embarrassed after being arrested on suspicion of drink driving over the bank holiday weekend.
The 59-year-old Fianna Fáil politician has apologised after failing a breath test near Clonakilty on Monday.
Mr O'Sullivan was stopped at a checkpoint being operated by members of the west Cork Garda Divisional Traffic Corps from Bandon at Western Road in Clonakilty at about 9.30pm on Monday night.
He was arrested after providing gardaí with a breath sample.
He was taken to Clonakilty Garda Station where he gave a blood sample which was sent for analysis to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety in Dublin yesterday.
It is understood it will take between two and six weeks for his blood sample to be analysed and the results will determine whether Mr O'Sullivan is to be prosecuted.
The Fianna Fáil TD was one of five people arrested for drink driving in the Clonakilty area over the past week.
He is said to have been co-operative with gardaí.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio's Morning Ireland, Minister for Education and Cork North West TD Batt O'Keeffe said the deputy had apologised profusely.
Mr O'Keeffe said Mr O'Sullivan was aware that it is inappropriate to drink and drive.

I hope he gets treated like anyone else

mikemac

Old news at this stage

lostexpectation

its the different reactions which is ht estory

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/no-country-for-old-men-who-just-want-a-few-pints-1401849.html

http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=792

"Mr. Ferris didn’t whinge about the plight of rural drinkers or bang on about us all being human. When he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving a year ago,

garbanz0

Old news it may be, but although I heard of people saying that "he was sorry" I don't think I heard HIM say he was sorry.

Maybe I missed the reports.

lostexpectation

that's cos he's not sorry

JP Liz

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1104/breaking30.htm

A west Cork TD has been fined €300 and disqualified from driving for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol in Clonakilty last summer.

Christy O’Sullivan pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in his system on the Western Rd, Clonakilty on June 2nd 2008.

Garda Brian O’Flynn of the Bandon traffic Corp told the court he was operating a mandatory breath-test checkpoint when he stopped Mr O’Sullivan.

Mr O’Sullivan failed the breath test and was arrested. He was brought to Bandon garda station where he gave a blood sample which showed a reading of 88mg per 100ml of blood, 8mg over the limit.

Superintendent Pat Maher said Mr O’Sullivan had phoned the station the following day to apologise for his actions and any embarrassment he had caused the gardai.

Mr O’Sullivan’s solicitor Eamon Murray said his client was deeply embarrassed and contrite and said a mandatory driving disqualification would greatly inconvenience him in his constituency work.

Judge James McNulty said there were a number of mitigating factors in Mr O’Sullivan’s favour including the fact that he was marginally over the limit, had no previous convictions and his early guilty plea.

He fined him €300 and disqualified him for 12 months beginning at the start of January.

So who gets the jobs of being his driver now

Irlbo

Drink Driving,he should resign immediatly,and be barred from driving for life,its one the most despicable crimes,and from a someone whose suppose to govern as a public representative,disgusting

BennyLava

They should modify the rules anyone with a criminal convection should be barred from public office and have their state job related pension rights removed.

That would give our politicians the incentive to obey the rules and provide an example to society

simu

I'm sure he's sorry he was caught.

It's a disgrace that politicians can break the law and feel they can still stay in office in this country. Breaking the law flies in the face of public service - this isn't a hard point to grasp, is it?

Pathetic.