Rise in detection of drink driving

Detections for drink driving are up this year despite a significant drop in the number of people being breathalysed.

Garda traffic chiefs told the Policing Authority yesterday the rise in detections was due to a targeted approach to breathtesting.

In what was the Policing Authority’s inaugural public meeting with senior gardaí, led by commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan, it also emerged there was a 70% satisfaction rate among the public in the gardaí.