Man claims he was too busy working in bog to attend Garda station

A man facing a spate of theft charges has told a Judge he couldn’t sign on at a Garda station on 29 occasions – because he was too busy working in the bog.

Martin O’Hara was brought before Letterkenny District Court in Co Donegal by detectives for continually breaching his bail conditions.

The 38-year-old told Judge Eiteain Cunningham that this was his first job for years and that he simply couldn’t make it to Ballyshannon Garda Station to sign on.

O’Hara is due to sign on three times a week at Ballyshannon Garda Station but has missed signing on 29 times since April.

Detective Garda Shonagh Rowley told the court that she met O’Hara by arrangement and was now applying for O’Hara’s bail to be revoked.

Solicitor for O’Hara, Mr Rory O’Brien said his client has employment for the first time in a “considerable number of years” and he is “finally putting a right step forward”.

O’Hara said he held his hands up and told Judge Cunningham that he was “trying to better my life”…

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