Man appears in court charged in connection with Donegal hit-and-run

Stephen Maguire

A man has appeared in court in Co Donegal after a pedestrian was critically injured in an alleged hit-and-run incident at the weekend.

A male pedestrian aged in his 60s was seriously injured after he was involved in a collision with a vehicle on Main Street, Clonmany shortly after midnight on Saturday.

The injured man was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital but was soon transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. Gardaí have since confirmed he remains in critical condition.

Kevin Grant (36), of Páirc Mór, Buncrana, appeared before a special sitting of Letterkenny District Court on Monday evening in connection with the incident.

He faces a total of eight charges arising out of the incident, including endangerment, two counts of dangerous driving, refusing to give information, refusing to give a sample and three charges under the Road Traffic Act connected with an alleged hit-and-run incident.

The court heard full CCTV footage of the alleged incident has been taken from a number of premises in the immediate area.

During a follow-up operation, Mr Grant was arrested in Buncrana and detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

At Monday's hearing, Detective Garda Sergeant Killian Callaghan said gardaí were objecting to bail in the case on a number of grounds.

He gave evidence of arrest, charge and caution and told the court that the accused made no reply when charged with the offences at 4.42pm on Monday at Buncrana Garda station.

Despite the Garda objections, Judge Ciaran Liddy granted bail with a number of conditions.

The court heard the accused is currently working for a construction company in Dublin.

Judge Liddy remanded the accused on bail to Letterkenny District Court on Thursday.