'A total disregard for everyone' - Vehicle not insured for nearly five years seized by gardaí
The driver was stopped stopped with insurance expired over four years
Motorist caught by gardaí for having insurance out of date nearly five years branded as "irresponsible" by social media users.
Taking to Facebook, a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána said: "Our colleagues in Newtown Mount Kennedy Roads Policing Unit were conducting checkpoints and stopped this vehicle, tax and certificate of road worthiness expired almost 5 years, insurance expired over 4 years."
The spokesperson confirmed that the "vehicle was seized."
Social media users are outraged under the post, one user said: "That is a total disregard for everyone. Well done lads."
Another user said: "Brilliant work. How on earth did they get away with this for 5 years. Hopefully the new access to insurance details with mean an end to chancers like this."