‘Elusive’ Carrigans man banned from driving for a second time - Donegal News

A CARRIGANS man was banned from driving for a second time when his case was dealt with at Letterkenny District Court. Clayton Duncan (48) of Tober, Carrigans, was involved in a road traffic collision around 3pm in Coxtown, Carrigans on March 7, 2025. The court heard Duncan approached a junction with the R265 near Carrigans, and drove out into […]

A CARRIGANS man was banned from driving for a second time when his case was dealt with at Letterkenny District Court.

Clayton Duncan (48) of Tober, Carrigans, was involved in a road traffic collision around 3pm in Coxtown, Carrigans on March 7, 2025.

The court heard Duncan approached a junction with the R265 near Carrigans, and drove out into the path of James Sharkey who was travelling on the R265.

Giving his witness statement, Mr Sharkey explained that he had “stayed put” and “couldn’t move” after Duncan’s car struck his van. Mr Sharkey described how Duncan drove through the junction with the R265 and didn’t see him.

Garda Robert Kearney had requested the defendant’s licence and insurance details at the time of the collision. On failing to produce the certificate of insurance within 10 days, the court heard how Garda Kearney made “several attempts to speak to Mr Clayton but there was no answer to his mobile or at his house”.

Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that Duncan has one previous conviction for drink driving, for which he was disqualified from driving for two years, on June 2, 2022.

Passing sentence on one charge of driving without insurance Judge Emile Daly banned Duncan for driving for two years, and fined him €150, to be paid within four months.

On the charge of dangerous driving, Duncan was handed a two-year ban to run concurrently with the first driving ban. He was also fined €150, with four months to pay.

Duncan was further fined €250, for not having a licence at the time of the collision, and was given six months to pay.

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