Policing committee chairman quits after drink-driving arrest

The chairman of the country’s largest joint policing committee has resigned from his post after being detained by gardaí on suspicion of drink driving.

It has emerged that Cllr Michael Hegarty, 51, was arrested by gardaí nearly three weeks ago in East Cork.

The married father of four confirmed to the Irish Examiner last night that he had resigned both as chairman and member of the Cork County Joint Policing Committee because he felt “it wouldn’t be proper” for him to continue to contribute to that forum as “an issue had arisen with a road traffic matter”.