Transport Minister Shane Ross has pledged to go ahead with plans to name and shame drink drivers as road safety campaigners lambasted rural TDs for opposing stricter penalties for offenders.

The wrongful conviction of drivers for penalty point offences has caused “immeasurable damage” to many of the 14,700 people affected, a leading traffic lawyer says.

I had reason to require a visit to the Eye Clinic of Cork University Hospital recently. I took my place in the queue.

ROAD safety campaigners have expressed outrage at legislation being proposed by the Government which will allow some motorists over the legal drink-driving limit to avoid losing their licence.

SOME people living in rural Ireland may have difficulty getting home from the pub after a few drinks but keeping the present limit at 80mg (the highest in Europe along with Britain) is not a solution to their problem.