Judge throws out drink driving cases against 15 motorists

Fifteen motorists accused of drink driving, including one driver facing two separate drink-driving charges, had their cases dismissed by a district court judge yesterday.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan dismissed the cases as a result of the High Court judgement in September which ruled that the results of alcohol breath tests must be supplied in English and Irish to suspected drink drivers in a case relating to a Romanian national.

The DPP is mounting a legal challenge to the High Court ruling.