Drink-driving arrests up 60% in parts of Cork

DRINK-DRIVING arrests in north and east Cork rose by 60% in the first four months of this year, and more than a quarter of those detained were foreign nationals.

Meanwhile, it has been revealed that a third of all drink-driving arrests over the last bank holiday weekend were made in the southern region, which covers Cork, Kerry and Limerick.

Garda sources said the huge increase in north and east Cork, believed to be one of the highest in the country, saw 177 people arrested between January and the end of April.