418 arrested for drink driving over bank holiday

SOME 418 motorists were arrested for drink driving over the bank holiday weekend, gardaí revealed last night.

The figure represents an increase on the number arrested during the last holiday weekend in August, when 232 drivers were nabbed in a similar garda crackdown.

After five people were killed and 137 injured during last year’s October bank holiday, gardaí drew up a well publicised and hard-hitting road safety enforcement operation.