Uninsured driver detected with new Garda system

Gardaí seized a car after members on patrol detected an uninsured driver in Ennis in recent days.

Members of the Roads Policing Unit stopped the vehicle and during a check of a new Garda motor insurance database, quickly established that the while there was an insurance policy on the car the driver was not named on it.

Gardaí also found that the driver was an unaccompanied learner and that the vehicle had a bald tyre.

The car was seized and towed from the scene while the driver is now expected to appear in court at a later date.