Drink driver tries to evade Gardai in Sligo
A motorist has been caught drink driving in the Sligo area. The Sligo Roads Policing Unit were conducting a checkpoint in the early hours of this morning when they observed a vehicle perform a U-Turn, attempting to evade Gardaí. The vehicle was stopped and the driver subsequently failed…
Five people detected drink driving in Leitrim
Five people have been detected drink driving in County Leitrim over the past week. Gardai have confirmed that following a number checkpoints in the county, five vehicles were also removed from the roads. Two multi agency checkpoints in collaboration with the RSA and customs were also carried out…
Increase in number of motorists test for drink or drugs in the Donegal
Gardaí carried out a total of 486 tests on motorists for drink or drugs across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal in 2020. The annual report from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety shows there was a slight decrease in both Sligo and Leitrim compared to 2019’s figures however, there was a…
Drink driving laws having ‘positive’ impact on north west drivers
The drink driving laws introduced in 2018 have had a positive impact on driver behaviour in the north west. That’s according to a new survey conducted by Behaviour and Attitudes on behalf of Drinkaware. It found 50% people used alternative transport on a night out, 22% switched to non alcoholic…
North west Gardaí conducting a number of checkpoints this bank holiday weekend
Gardaí in the north west continue to crack down on drug and drink driving this Bank Holiday weekend. While operators of the Go Safe speed camera vans are on strike for a total of 72 hours over working conditions, Gardaí will fill any vacancies during the industrial action. Motorists are…
Local election candidate says people are ‘prisoners in their own homes’ due to new drink driving laws
Drink Driving and speeding legislation is leaving people in rural parts of the north west “prisoners in their own homes” That’s according to Local Sinn Fein election candidate Daniel Gallagher. The Tubbercurry Ballymote candidate while welcoming the new legislation in helping to reduce fatalities claims it is also leading to…
Drink driving detection rates above average in Donegal
Drink Driving detection rates were above the national average in Donegal. The head of the Road Safety Authority says the drink-driving message hasn’t got through to many younger people. Moyagh Murdock was reacting to figures indicating 34 thousand drivers were caught under the influence of drink or drugs over the…