Fine for failing to produce licence

A Hollymount woman who failed to appear in Ballyhaunis District Court to face a charge of having no driving licence and failing one produce it at a Garda station was convicted and fined in her absence in court this week. The court was told that gardai stopped a car being driven by Martina Jennings, Lisaturna, Hollymount, at 10.44am on October 11 2008 in Cloonfad, Ballyhaunis. Gardai demanded that she produce her driving licence at a station of her choice which she failed to do. For having no driving licence Judge Mary Devins convicted and fined Jennings €170, for failure to produce her licence she convicted and fined her €50.