Drink-driving arrests in Cork up by 20%

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

Gardaí say that while the number of people arrested for drinking-driving during the Christmas campaign is marginally down in Cork, Kerry and Limerick, for the year as a whole arrests are up around 11%.

Approximately 2,700 people were arrested in 2005 in the three counties on suspicion of drink-driving. So far the Christmas campaign, which started on November 27 and is due to finish next Sunday, has accounted for 308 arrests, down from 318 for the same period in 2004.