{"id":310131,"date":"2026-01-29T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/310131\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:31:12","slug":"man-in-court-charged-with-dangerous-driving-of-scrambler-in-west-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/310131\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in court charged with dangerous driving of scrambler in west Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Cunningham (24) of Dromheath Avenue in Blanchardstown, appeared before a sitting of Blanchardstown District Court on two charges<\/p>\n<p>14:00, 29 Jan 2026Updated 14:06, 29 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_JS394616367.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The Judge granted bail and the accused is set to appear in court again at a date in March\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The Judge granted bail and the accused is set to appear in court again at a date in March(Image: Collins Courts \/ CC )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This man has appeared in <a aria-label=\"courtLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/courts\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">court<\/a> charged with <a aria-label=\"dangerously drivingLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/dangerous-driving\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">dangerously driving<\/a> a scrambler in west Dublin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Aaron Cunningham (24) of Dromheath Avenue in <a aria-label=\"BlanchardstownLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/blanchardstown\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Blanchardstown<\/a>, appeared before a sitting of Blanchardstown District Court on two charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The prosecuting Garda told Judge Aine Clancy that she arrested the accused at 3.15pm at Dromheath Avenue and he was conveyed to Blanchardstown Garda station where he was later charged at 5.29pm. The accused made no reply after caution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He is accused of dangerously driving a vehicle, registration unknown in a manner, including speed, at Church Road, Mulhuddart, <a aria-label=\"Dublin 15Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/dublin\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Dublin 15<\/a>. He\u2019s also charged with driving a mechanically propelled vehicle registration number unknown without holding a driving licence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2_JS394616213.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Aaron Cunningham (24)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Aaron Cunningham (24)(Image: Collins Courts \/ CC )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court heard that <a aria-label=\"gardaiLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/an-garda-siochana\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">gardai<\/a> have no objection to bail and asked the Judge that the accused sign on at his local garda station once a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Judge approved this and ordered that Mr Cunningham not drive any mechanically propelled vehicle &#8211; namely an E-scooter or E-bike with an engine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mr Cunningham asked that he be bailed to reside at a separate address at Dunsink Avenue in <a aria-label=\"FinglasLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/finglas\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Finglas<\/a>. The Judge granted bail and the accused is set to appear in court again at a date in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The court also heard that there were possible further charges to be levelled in the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Sign up to the <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Irish Mirror&#039;s Courts and Crime newsletter hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=af475e3d-0f62-4122-8ccc-323a78c47a81&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Mirror&#8217;s Courts and Crime newsletter here<\/a><\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> and get breaking crime updates and news from the courts direct to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Cunningham (24) of Dromheath Avenue in Blanchardstown, appeared before a sitting of Blanchardstown District Court on two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[956,22431,9,10,27,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-310131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-blanchardstown","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-breakingnews","12":"tag-courts","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-featurednews","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115979583124775498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}