Crackdown on drink driving Leeside
The nationwide campaign will take place over the coming weeks.
Gardaí in Cork are launching one of their biggest ever crackdowns on drink driving over the next six weeks.
The nationwide campaign comes as a new survey for the Road Safety Authority suggests one in ten drivers is getting behind the wheel after consuming alcohol.
A key focus of the campaign will be the 'morning after' when 12 percent of arrests for drink driving are already made.
Recent figures show that 12 people have been killed on Cork roads so far this year - that compares to 19 for all of 2014.
Inspector Finbar O'Sullivan of the Cork City Traffic Corp says they will be out in force Leeside.
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