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Bank holiday revellers warned to obey new drink driving laws
The new drink driving laws have been in place across the country since midnight last night but already Kilkenny Gardai have been out on the roads implementing the revised measures.
Four year driving ban after garda chase
A man who has an abysmal driving record for his young years has been given a suspended sentence for his part in a late night chase.
Four year driving ban for Ballina man
A man who failed to provide a second breath specimen on an intoxilyzer machine was disqualified from driving for four years and fined €500 at Ballina District Court.
Two year ban for drunk driver who went to pick up friend
A Cloonfad man who had four or five pints over the course of the night before he ‘foolishly’ went to collect a friend who had asked him for a lift from Williamstown was given a two year driving ban in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.
Three year driving ban for drunk driving and no insurance
A Polish man who gave a urine sample with a reading of 245mg of alcohol per 100ml of urine after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving was given a three year driving ban in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.
One in five travel with a drunk driver
Twenty per cent of respondents in an AA poll carried out this month admitted they have knowingly taken a lift from a driver they understood to be over the legal blood alcohol level (0.8 mg) within the last two years.
EU crackdown on driver traffic offences abroad
Drivers will be punished for traffic offences they commit abroad, including the four "big killers" causing 75 per cent of road fatalities - speeding, breaking traffic lights, failure to use seatbelts, and drink driving - following a vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Three year ban for four-car smash
A man who caused over €3,000 worth of damage after he reversed into four cars in the middle of the day, was banned from driving for three years in the District Court this week (July 20).
Three drink driving convictions for Castlebar man
A married father of three clocked up his third drink driving conviction at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.
EU crackdown on driver traffic offences abroad
Drivers will be punished for traffic offences they commit abroad, including the four “big killers” causing 75 per cent of road fatalities - speeding, breaking traffic lights, failure to use seatbelts, and drink driving - following a vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday.
