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There is a nasty hidden problem on Irish roads – drugs and driving. 

There is a nasty hidden problem on Irish roads – drugs and driving. 

New drink driving laws came into effect at midnight on Thursday October 27, meaning a reduction in the drink drive limit — in line with European levels. The new laws will see a decrease from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg for all drivers, and from 80mg to 20mg for learner, newly qualified drivers (for a period of two years after passing the driving test), and professional drivers such as bus, goods vehicle, and public service vehicle drivers.

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.

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.

Vintners president Carlow-based publican Gerry Mellett last night backed calls by Alcohol Action Ireland for a minimum price for alcohol to help prevent the abuse and misuse of alcohol and the irresponsible sale and promotion of alcohol.

A man who, while on holidays in Ballina drove drunk, was this week disqualified from driving for two years.

A woman who was discovered intoxicated in charge of a car told the arresting garda that he would have “no luck with me you bastard, the likes of me keeps you in a job.”

We should ban the selling of alcohol in supermarkets and this would go some way towards solving some of the problems associated with drinking in public places.

The Garda Youth Diversion Programme Report for 2009 clearly shows that alcohol is at the heart of the current disturbing levels and nature of underage crime, according to Fine Gael councillor, Peter Burke.