Drink-drive arrests increase by 29%

MORE than 2,000 people have been arrested for drink driving in Cork, Kerry and Limerick this year — an increase of 29% on last year’s total.

And with the Christmas period fast approaching, senior gardaí believe that hundreds more will fall into the net, especially as an extra 50 gardaí are deployed in the region each weekend dedicated to the task.

Inspector Billy Duane, who is in charge of the traffic corps in the three counties, said that mandatory breath-testing had already made a significant impact.