FOURTEEN motorists were arrested driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs over the bank holiday weekend. Between Friday and Monday, there were 12 arrests for drink driving related offences. There were two arrests for drug driving. Gardaí have reiterated calls for all road users to act responsibly when it comes to road safety.
An Garda Siochana have launched their annual Christmas Drink Driving campaign
The message this Christmas from the Donegal Road Safety Working Group is – Never, Ever Drink or Drug Drive. The message in the campaign is that drink driving destroys lives, families, and communities. As the festive season approaches, stark warnings have been issued to road-users about the consequences of drink-driving. Advertisement The DRSWG is urging […]
Steep rise in drink driving offences
DRINK driving offences have surged in Donegal Garda Division, according to latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Also up are assaults, harrassments and threats to murder. There were 243 attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences in Donegal Garda Division up to the end of June this year, which is up from […]
Reaction to Supreme court decision on drink driving
In a letter to the Donegal News, a former member of An Garda Siochana has said a recent drink driving case has made a mockery of the judicial system in Ireland and has called on the authorities to come up with a new system which will cover all legislation. He claimed drink driving cases are […]
Drink driving crackdown over New Year weekend
THE Garda Traffic Inspector for Donegal said he was ‘disappointed’ the number of drink driving detections over Christmas were the same as 2015.