Jacob Kotze believes that if he had been driving at speed, the deer, which hit the bonnet of the car, would have been thrown through the windscreen and into him.

The front of the Circle K premises, located at Thomondgate, Limerick, was badly damaged too.

Oscar Adonis Marchat, of Elton Park, Sandycove, Dublin, won a small claims case against Dublin Street Parking Services Ltd.

Gardaí responded just after 8pm on Wednesday night on the R627 near Westpark, in Midleton

The driver, a man in his 80s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Garda Alan Griffin and Garda Niall Deegan (left and centre) were seriously injured when a car driven by Evan Toomey (right) rammed into their Garda patrol SUV, the court had heard.

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The incident occurred at about 8pm on Saturday at Grangeclare West, Kilmeague

The collision occurred at around 9:20am at an area known as Garranbane on the N25 in Dungarvan.

The man, who is aged in his 30s, appeared before Judge Ciaran Liddy at a specially convened sitting of Letterkenny District Court in County Donegal.

Two pensioners were killed after becoming trapped by their own vehicles in separate incidents within the space of just over a month