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We have not come as far as we think on drink driving
The drink driver is still with us. I wonder if we have been deluding ourselves a little bit about how much progress we really have made in road safety and to what extent Irish social values have moved.
We have not come as far as we think on drink driving
The drink driver is still with us. I wonder if we have been deluding ourselves a little bit about how much progress we really have made in road safety and to what extent Irish social values have moved.
Drink driver caught after abusing Prom passersby, court hears
A Dublin man was found to be driving while more than twice over the legal limit and in possession of drugs just hours after hurling abuse at passersby on the prom in Salthill, the Galway District Court heard this week.
Drink driving fatalities on the rise
The number of fatal accidents involving drink drivers last year rose by 18 per cent, from 220 in 2010 to 260 in 2011 according to figures published by the Department for Transport.
Man disabled by drink driver is done for drink driving
A man who lost the use of his left arm to a drunk driver 15 years ago was himself banned for drink driving for three years in the District Court this week (March 14).
Further conviction results in jail for drink driver
A Westmeath man who has three previous convictions for drink driving and four for having no insurance has been jailed for five months at Tullamore District Court.
Drink driver wraps BMW around pole
A drunk driver who wrapped his 3 series BMW around a telephone pole while over twice the legal limit failed to contest the charges at Galway District Court this week and was fined and disqualified from driving for three years.
Drink driver charged with serious traffic collision
A drink driver charged in connection with a traffic collision at the weekend which left two people in intensive care has been remanded in custody with consent to bail.
Drink driver who smashed into three cars is banned for six years
A Rahoon woman, who was nearly three times over the legal limit, received a six-year disqualification after smashing into three parked vehicles in Spiddal village while drunk behind the wheel of her hired car.
Drink driver to serve extra seven months in jail
A man with 31 previous convictions which include a plethora of road traffic offences will have to serve an extra seven months for drink driving and driving while uninsured.
