Gardaí arrest almost 1,500 in drink driving campaign

ALMOST 1,500 drivers were arrested for drink driving in a Christmas garda blitz, up 200 on the previous campaign.

The 1,449 arrests were the result of the annual Garda Christmas and New Year Road Safety Campaign, which ran from late November to January 5.

During the same six-week campaign around Christmas 2001, there were 1,238 arrests.