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Ireland has lowest drink-driving checks European study finds

The levels of drink-driving checks in Ireland are among the lowest in Europe, according to a new study. The European Transport Safety Council completed the study which finds that the number of fines per head of population for a variety of motoring ...

18 Mar 2022 at 12:30

Warning: drivers reminded of risks on morning after St Patrick's Day celebrations

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Warning: motorists reminded of risks driving on morning after St Patrick's Day celebrations

One in four motorists (26%) admitted there were times when they may have been over the limit when driving the morning after a night out according, according to new attitudinal research released by the Road Safety Authority (RSA). The findings ...

15 Mar 2022 at 13:43

Derry News

Derry man charged with driving with excess alcohol after drinking the previous night

Derry Magistrate's Court heard today how a man who had been drinking the previous night believed erroneously he was fit to drive the next evening. Lawrence Hutton (41) of Groarty Close in Derry admitted a charge of driving with excess ...

04 Jan 2023 at 16:47

Local News

Software engineer ran from police covered in mud after crashing through hedge

A 27-year-old software engineer has been told he 'should have known better' after crashing through a hedge while trying to evade police attention. Niall Carey, of Cloughogue Road, Toome, County Antrim, entered a guilty plea to six ...

11 Nov 2021 at 17:18

Local News

Derry Court: Drink driver became 'threatening and abusive' to police

When police stopped a suspected drink driver he became 'threatening and abusive' towards them Derry Magistrate's Court heard today. Gérard Brendan Brolly (58) of Glenshane Road in Derry admitted a series of offences that occurred ...

26 Jul 2023 at 11:54

National News

Driver charged after failing roadside alcohol test by blowing three times legal limit

According to the An Garda Síochána social media page, Naas Roads Policing were out at a checkpoint Sunday morning when they pulled over a motorist who failed their roadside breath test. The driver was almost three times over the ...

29 Jan 2024 at 08:34

Local News

Almost 300 people arrested during winter anti-drink and drug driving operation

Preliminary figures released show almost 300 people were arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving between 1st December, 2023 and 1st January 2024. Chief Superintendent Sam Donaldson from the Police Service of Northern ...

29 Jan 2024 at 18:03

Local News

Two men arrested in separate drink driving incidents in Derrry

Police in Derry made two arrests in the city during the early hours of today, Monday 17th April, in relation to drink driving. A 24-year-old man was arrested on Bay Road on suspicion of being in charge with excess alcohol ...

17 Apr 2023 at 13:49

Northern Ireland

Increase in number caught drink or drug driving in December operation

The PSNI arrested 308 people on suspicion of drink or drug driving during a crackdown in December – an increase of nine from the previous year. During the operation one of the highest ever readings for alcohol in ...

25 Jan 2023 at 11:58

Northern Ireland

Senior police officer fined and banned from road over drink-driving incident

A senior police officer in Northern Ireland has been handed a fine and driving disqualification following a drink-driving incident on Christmas Eve. District Judge Rosemary Watters described a “big mistake” as ...

19 Jan 2023 at 12:54

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Suspended sentence for drunk lorry driver who collided with two other lorries

An articulated lorry driver who collided with two other lorries while drink-driving has been handed down a suspended prison sentence. Christopher Glackin, 64, whose address was listed as Mullaghboy Road, ...

10 Apr 2023 at 18:47

Local News

Safe-driving campaign launched after 60 killed on NI roads in 2023

Police have launched a safe-driving campaign, after PSNI figures show 60 people have been killed on roads in Northern Ireland so far in 2023. PSNI Chief Superintendent Sam Donaldson launched the ...

09 Dec 2023 at 09:00

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