Foreign link to drink driving probed

COMPLAINTS that some motorists drink alcohol while they are driving on roads are being investigated, it emerged yesterday.

Gay Byrne, chairman of the Road Safety Authority (RSA), said the authority is working in co-operation with the gardaí on claims of a drink driving culture among some foreigners.

But the veteran broadcaster stressed that he always treated such allegations with scepticism in the absence of any proper research or official figures.