IRA bomber fined €16k for failing to pay tolls
Dickson dodged M50 levy 389 times
A CONVICTED IRA bomber has been fined €16,000 for nonpayment of tolls.
Michael Dickson was not in court as he faced five sample charges of passing through the M50 without paying.
The court was told he had crossed 432 journeys on the motorway, he paid 43 times and his last payment was in 2015.
Dickson, from Poppintree Parade in North Dublin, was one of 26 motorists accused of dodging tolls and received fines totalling almost €300,000 at Dublin District Court earlier this week.
The car owners were at the receiving end of levies ranging from €3,000 to €16,000 handed down by Judge John Brennan.
None of the defendants whose cases were dealt with attended their hearings or co-operated with the National Roads Authority, which Judge Brennan described as an aggravating factor.
The judge said the fines must be paid within six months in most cases.
Around 22 cases were SIR Elton John is in thincredible shape on his farewell tour poster.
In fact, the 70-year-old’s appearance in his latest official snap looks too good to be true.
Because he was still clearly a big star when he appeared at Gotham Hall in New York on Wednesday to reveal his epic run of 300 dates.
So some fans wondered if the shoot had involved airbrushing as well as hair and make-up work.
One said of the apparent image tweaks: “You are not that slim!!! That is not honest.”
Elton revealed this week that he will be bringing the curtain down adjourned to allow those motorists to engage with the NRA and six other drivers had their prosecutions withdrawn or struck out having resolved their cases. British-soldier-turnedbomber Dickson is a well-known republican activist.
The former Royal Engineers soldier was part of an active service unit and was jailed for on touring after the huge tour, which will last three years.
He said: “I don’t want to go out with a whimper, I want to go out with a big bang. I can’t physically do the travelling any more.
“I want to be home with my children more. I’ve had a good run.”
The singer has said he intends to remove sons Zachary, seven, and Elijah, five, from school and bring them on the road for a nine-month stint, accompanied by a tutor.
Elton’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour kicks off in America in September. He will play at Dublin’s 3 Arena on June 12, 2019. his part in a mortar attack in Germany in 1996.
The base at Osnabruck was fired upon by the gang and the explosive devices narrowly missed a fuel storage container.
Dickson once used the address of Sinn Fein’s Dublin office to make an application for his Army pension.
The standard M50 toll for an unregistered private car is €3.10 and must be paid before 8pm the following day or there is a €3 penalty.
Motorists have 14 days from the date of issue to pay for the journey and the initial penalty, otherwise a further penalty of €41 is applied.