One person per hour arrested for driving under the influence in last week

As part of a Christmas and New Year road safety campaign, gardaí carried out 1,380 checkpoints from December 22 to 28. File Picture: Collins Dublin

On average, one person was arrested every hour for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol last week, according to new figures from An Garda Síochána.

In total, 173 people were arrested for driving under the influence in the past seven days — between Thursday, December 22, and Wednesday, December 28. 24 of these arrests involved drug driving.