Drink driving crackdown gets into gear

A GARDA crackdown on drink driving got underway last night ahead of the August Bank Holiday weekend — a period notorious for road crashes.

‘Operation Surround’ involves high visibility checkpoints, random breath testing and covert patrols.

Supt Kevin Donohoe said the drink driving operation, which runs until midnight on Monday, will be working alongside normal measures to tackle speeding and dangerous driving. Over the first weekend of the new legislation allowing for the random breath testing of motorists, Supt Donohoe said officers arrested drivers over the limit who may have otherwise gone undetected under the old system.