Barry Cowen will make a statement on his drink driving ban from 2016 to the Dail this evening.
It's now also emerged he was fined €200 for speeding on his learner driver licence, three months before his drink-driving ban. He appeared in court in June 2016 after being caught breaking the speed limit at Palmerstown in Dublin.
Political Editor with Independent Newspapers Phillip Ryan says its an unwelcome development for Fianna Fáil:
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