Prison sentence imposed for drug driving - News - Roscommon Herald
By Staff reporter · Roscommon Herald · 7 April 2026
His solicitor Bríd Miller said her client was a married man and had been co-operative with gardaí.
A 49-year-old man was given a concurrent prison sentence at a recent sitting of Castlerea District Court.
Edward McBride, with an address at 17 Cherry Orchard Avenue, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 but now in custody serving a sentence, pleaded guilty to drug driving, driving without insurance, and driving without a licence on April 8th 2024 at Carrowroe, on the Athlone Road.
The court heard he had 116 previous convictions and was serving a sentence until July of next year.
Judge James Faughnan heard evidence from Garda Amanda Lynch of Roscommon Policing Unit that she was out on mobile patrol on the date in question at 3.35 p.m. when she stopped the accused.
He subsequently failed a roadside drugs test, testing positive for cannabis.
Judge Faughnan handed down a total of eight months imprisonment, to run concurrently with the accused’s existing sentence, and a three year road disqualification.
Reporting by Staff reporter for Roscommon Herald, funded by the Courts Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.
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