Man charged with eight offences after alleged Clonmany hit-and-run

A man charged with eight offences in relation to an alleged hit-and-run incident in Clonmany has apeared in court.

Kevin Grant was brought before a special sitting of Letterkenny District Court on Monday evening.

A pedestrian was critically injured in the alleged incident on Main Street Clonmany at 12.12am on Sunday, May 12, 2024.

Grant, a 36-year-old, faces a total of eight charges.

They include 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 incident resulted in a pedestrian aged in his 60s being seriously injured on the street after he was struck by a vehicle.

The court was told that full CCTV footage of the alleged incident had been taken from several premises in the immediate area.

The man was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital but was transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.

A Garda spokesperson confirmed that the victim remains in a critical condition.

In a follow-up operation, Grant, of Páirc Mór, Buncrana, was arrested in Buncrana and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda station in the Donegal Division.

At Monday's special court sitting, Detective Garda Sergeant Killian Callaghan said that Gardai were objecting to bail in the case on a number of grounds.

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

Solicitor for the accused man, Mr Frank Dorrian, outlined why he was objecting to bail being refused to his client.

Having considered both applications, Judge Ciaran Liddy said he was granting bail to the accused but under a number of conditions.

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

The conditions include that he sign on at Buncrana Garda Station on Saturdays and Sundays, provide a €750 cash lodgement, provide a phone number and be of sober habits.

Judge Liddy remanded the accused on bail to Letterkenny District Court this Thursday, May 16th.