A man who left a joint birthday and christening party at an Armagh bar has been banned from driving for 13 months after driving away drunk and crashing on the Moy Road moments later.

The incident was reported by Armagh I in a court report dated August 30, 2026. The report says the man had been attending the joint celebration before getting behind the wheel.

Crash followed departure from Armagh bar

According to the published account, he left the Armagh bar and drove off while drunk. The crash happened on the Moy Road moments after he had departed the party.

The available report identifies the immediate consequences as a 13-month driving ban. It does not provide further details in the supplied material about the vehicle, whether anyone else was injured, the precise location of the collision or the length of any other sentence.

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The report is credited to a court reporter and appears in Armagh I’s Armagh news and court coverage. No further procedural next step is stated in the supplied material.