Rise in Drink Driving Arrests in Cork Following New Garda Operation
The death toll on Cork roads, so far this year, is the highest in the country.
17 people have died on Cork roads since the New Year with the highest number of fatalities recorded at the weekends..
543 people have been arrested on suspicion of drink driving around the country since the start of July in a new intelligence-led operation by Gardaí.
That’s up 17 per cent on the same time last year.
Latest figures also show that nearly a third of all drivers who died in road crashes between 2008 and 2012 had been drinking
Chief Superintendent Aidan Reid from the Garda Traffic Bureau says they’re mounting a new targeted approach to drink driving this summer that focuses on high risk areas.
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