Tipperary motorist convicted and fined for speeding despite confusion over her home address

A Limerick woman accused of speeding on the M7 motorway caused some confusion as she provided gardai with two different addresses and claimed, in court, that she never received the fine or summons in the post.

A fixed charge penalty notice was issued when Nora Margaret Doyle, aged 29, with an address at Hennessy Avenue, Kileely, in Limerick city, was detected driving a Volkswagen Passat at 138km/h Roscrea on June 15, 2025.

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Giving evidence, Ms Doyle told the court that the Kileely address is her family home but that she now lives at an apartment complex, close to the city centre.

She told her barrister Nicholas Hall that she did not receive "the first or the second" notices that had been sent to her in relation to the incident.

Ms Doyle told the court she remembered being stopped and that she contacted Henry Street garda station "twice" to  make enquiries. She said she was informed that her fixed charge notice "didn't go out yet".

When asked how she knew to be in court if she had not received any paperwork regarding the matter, Ms Doyle replied: "They (gardai at Henry Street) rang me to be here today."

Ms Doyle told the court that she had made efforts to check for any correspondence relating to the matter, including going to her mother’s home to see if mail in her name had been received there.

She told Judge Keane that there is an ongoing issue with post being stolen in her own building and added that a family member, who has dementia, may have mistakenly discarded the letter from her mother's residence.

Garda Patrick Lawlor, giving evidence, told the court that Ms Doyle has two addresses on the garda Pulse system, her usual place of residence and the family home.

He said he recalled that Ms Doyle had asked that correspondence be sent to the address listed on her driving licence, which was her family home, recalling that she told him: “It’s best to send it to my parents’ home.”

Ms Doyle told the court that she "didn't receive it" as she "would have paid it the first time."

Garda Lawlor told Sergeant Regina McCarthy that gardaí had proof of postage showing that the summons was sent to Ms Doyle at her parents’ home.

Presiding Judge Marie Keane reviewed the evidence provided by Garda Lawlor and questioned Ms Doyle as to how, if the summons had not been sent, it was signed for by a named individual at 11.21am on September 29, 2025.

The defendant replied that she has neighbours with the same surname as the person who signed for the post but insisted that she did not know the individual.

The judge told Ms Doyle that the signed certificate from An Post “entirely contradicts" her evidence to the court.

"I am satisfied they were delivered to the correct address," she said.

In the circumstances, she said she was satisfied to convict Ms Doyle of speeding. She imposed a €250 fine, giving her four months to pay.