However, under a proposed legislation change, the owners of cars driven by an unsupervised driver on a learner permit will also face punishment. Susan Gleeson, the learner driver, was driving her father’s car at the time and subsequently received a three year suspended prison sentence and a 15-year driving ban for dangerous driving. He said he never allowed his children drive unaccompanied, and has no sympathy for Ms Gleeson. "The law applied to the Gleeson family the same as it applied to the Clancy family. “It was illegal for an unaccompanied learner driver to drive yesterday, it’s illegal today, and it will be illegal when this law comes into place.

Source: Irish Examiner February 16, 2018 02:26 UTC