Taoiseach urges Easter motorists to drive safely

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has led calls for safe driving over the Easter holiday weekend as more than 1,000 additional gardaí will be on duty in an effort to clamp down on drink driving and speeding.

Assistant Garda Commissioner Eddie Rock said: “Our people are out there with the primary aim of preventing and reducing deaths on our roads — not to catch people, but that may be the consequence of you engaging in dangerous driving, or drink driving, or speeding, or not wearing your seatbelts.”

Road safety chiefs have warned motorists against the dangers of nodding off at the wheel.