Gardaí warn of 400 arrests for drink-driving

MORE than 400 people will be arrested over this bank holiday weekend for drink-driving, gardaí have estimated.

A further 3,000 will also be caught for serious speeding offences, Assistant Garda Commissioner Eddie Rock predicted.

Pleading with drivers not to drink and drive and to slow down, Mr Rock said: “I can say with certainty, unless there’s a sea change among people, that there will be 400 people processed for drink driving this weekend.