DRINK-DRIVING arrests have soared in Cork, Kerry and Limerick and gardaí are planning to seize cars driven by so-called “boy racers”.

MANDATORY breath testing has forced one Cork publican to offer free transport to his customers seven days a week and many more are considering the option in an effort to save business.

GARDAÍ have revealed that they made 451 arrests for drink-driving in Cork, Kerry and Limerick last month, representing a massive 73% increase on October 2005.

SOME 418 motorists were arrested for drink driving over the bank holiday weekend, gardaí revealed last night.

A MOTHER heard the early morning road accident yesterday which claimed the life of her son.

MORE than 2,000 people have been arrested for drink driving in Cork, Kerry and Limerick this year — an increase of 29% on last year’s total.

EXTRA traffic corps units are to be created in Cork, Kerry and Limerick with an additional 200 gardaí, the first of whom will come on stream on September 9.

GARDAÍ have arrested 330 more people for drink driving in the Cork, Kerry and Limerick region this year compared to the same period in 2005.

A WOMAN in her 60s, who was killed in pile-up in Co Cork yesterday,became the 205th person to die on Irish roads so far this year.

THE number of people killed on roads in Cork, Kerry and Limerick this year is nearly double that for the comparative period for 2005.

ROAD deaths in Cork, Kerry and Limerick in the first two months of this year are up 50% on the comparative period for 2006 and well ahead of the national trend.

DRINK-DRIVING arrests in Cork City and suburbs were up an alarming 20% in 2005, compared to the previous year.

DRINK driving arrests in Cork are up dramatically on last year.

A PARTNERSHIP between secondary school children and gardaí has the aim of cutting down on the number of young drivers killed on the roads of Cork, Kerry and Limerick.