Drivers in the North could face zero tolerance on drink-driving with just one pint of beer putting them over the limit, it emerged tonight.

A child has been killed on the North’s roads every month for the last decade, police statistics revealed today.

Following today's announcement of new road safety proposals by the Road Safety Authority to the Minister of Transport, Green Party Spokesperson on Transport, Eamon Ryan TD said today: "We welcome any measures that help reduce the number of tragic accidents on our roads.

Road safety groups today expressed “horror” at figures showing about 30 motorists are being arrested for alleged drink-driving each day in the run-up to Christmas.