DPP seeks to overturn Laois judge’s refusal to convict more than 30 drivers on speeding charges
Judge Andrew Cody criticised 'excessive' numbers of prosecutions of motorists exceeding the 60km/h speed limit along a 700m stretch of the R445 File image
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is seeking to overturn a Laois District Court judge’s “unreasonable and irrational” refusal to convict more than 30 drivers of alleged speeding on a road in Co Kildare.
At Laois District Court last December, Judge Andrew Cody refused to convict the drivers after claiming GoSafe’s speed detector vans had “deliberately targeted an unjust speed zone” on the road at Clogheen, Monasterevin, with “rich pickings” and were “shooting fish in a barrel”.
Clogheen is in Co Kildare, but comes under Laois’s District Court area.
At the High Court on Monday, David Staunton, for the DPP, secured leave from Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty to bring a judicial review challenge aimed at overturning Judge Cody’s decision. A hearing date will be fixed later.
