TRIAL FOR MAN ACCUSED OF ISSUING FALSE GALWAY DRIVING LICENCE

Date Published: 16-Mar-2010

A 30 year old man, charged with issuing a false driving licence to his brother while working for Galway County Council, has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Criminal Court.

Brendan Folan, a native of Galway, with an address at 97 Mount Anville Wood, Lower Kilmacud Road, Dublin 14, is charged with issuing a false ten-year driving licence to Ciaran Folan, at Galway Co. Council’s offices at Prospect Hill, on September 13, 2006.

He is further charged with corruptly obtaining an advantage for Ciaran Folan by issuing him with the licence while he himself was employed as a public official.