Ireland performs badly on enforcing drink driving laws

THE Government’s record of enforcing drink driving legislation has been strongly criticised in a major new report by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).

Wed, 10 May, 2006 - 01:00

Sean McCarthaigh

Ireland was ranked 13th overall out of the 25 EU member states on their performance in enforcing road safety legislation.

The report also showed that Ireland has the eighth best road safety record in terms of death per million inhabitants.

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