Empty vodka bottle in crashed car

Gardaí are hunting for a suspected drink driver after they found an empty vodka bottle in a car which was left abandoned after it struck a wall.

They posted photographs of the car, with its airbags deployed and the vodka bottle resting on the driver’s seat, on the Garda Southern Division Facebook page, and said the photographs “told their own story”.

The incident occurred in the village of Ardfert near Tralee, Co Kerry, some time before 11pm on New Year’s Eve. It is understood that while gardaí have identified the registered owner of the Renault Scenic car, they do not believe the owner was driving it at the time.