Fine for speeding driver caught at 140km/h on Donegal road - Donegal Daily
By Chris McNulty · Donegal Daily · 11 September 2026
A man has been fined after being caught travelling at 140km/h on a main road in Donegal.Patrick Simpson was detected at 140km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N13 at...
A man has been fined after being caught travelling at 140km/h on a main road in Donegal.
Patrick Simpson was detected at 140km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N13 at Castleforward, Newtowncunningham, on August 12, 2026.
The case of Simpson, a 36-year-old of Figary, Fahan, was before Letterkenny District Court.
Simon was charged with dangerous driving, but Garda Sergeant Jim Collins said that in light of a guilty plea the charge could be reduced to one of careless driving.
Sergeant Collins said that Simpson - who the court heard is in Scotland at college - was fully apologetic and there was no other traffic on the road at the time.
Judge Ciaran Liddy fined Simpson €150 and gave him three months to pay.
Reporting by Chris McNulty for Donegal Daily, funded by the Courts Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.
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