Cormac MacConnell: Why pub taxis can be a rural lifesaver

Rural publicans will have to arrange transport for their patrons, if the mandatory suspension of all drivers who fail the breath test arrives, as expected.

There are major scandals in the carpeted corridors of power in Dublin at the time of writing, with new developments about every hour, as the Government totters in a hot week.

But I, as a countryman, am still more engaged by the provincial implications of Transport Minister Shane Ross’s move to have a mandatory driving suspension imposed on all drivers found to have been driving whilst over the limit.